Software Engineer 1

The Company 

Serving the People Who Serve the People 

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.  

Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe. 

Want to know more? See more of what we do here.  

The Software Engineer 1 role at Granicus is for developers early in their careers who are looking for a fun, supportive, and fast-paced environment to grow their skills and contribute code to production systems. 

Software Engineer 1s will be expected to take on leadership roles in the maintenance of automation test suites, and they will be tasked to work on production code as well.  All Granicus Software Engineers are expected to contribute to the broader Granicus technology organization in the deployment and support of these applications in higher environments.

• Learn about and uphold the Development team’s core values: Test-Driven Development, Collective Ownership, Agile Development, and Egoless Programming
• Write high-quality software using test-focused practices
• Be a core contributor to Granicus's automated testing suites
• Develop bug fixes and feature changes for at least one application within the Granicus product suite
• Collaborate with your Scrum team, the Development team, and the broader Product Organization
• Be a participating member of the broader Granicus technology organization 

• Experience testing and/or supporting production-quality web applications (automated testing experience is a plus). 
• Commitment to quality and the craft of software development 
• Passion for learning new things 
• Interest in being a part of an open, collaborative, and extraordinarily skilled software development team in which to grow their skills 
• Familiarity with the ASP.NET framework, SQL Server and design/architectural patterns (e.g. Model-View-Controller (MVC)) 
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC) 
• Understanding of Agile methodologies 
• 1+ years of .NET development experience 
• Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC) 
• Participate in requirements analysis 
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture 
• Write clean, scalable code using .NET programming languages 
• Test and deploy applications and systems 
• Revise, update, refactor and debug code 
• Improve existing software 
• Commitment to quality and the craft of software development
• Comfort with the text editor of your choice and the command-line interface
• Passion for learning new things
• Interest in being a part of an open, collaborative, and extraordinarily skilled software development team in which to grow their skills
• Microsoft Dynamics experience preferred

Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit! 

Security and Privacy Requirements

-     Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.

-     Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.

The Team

- We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Culture

- At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be

a part of our journey.

- A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices

- Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and

sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs. 

- Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.-=- - We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee

population 

The Impact

- We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.

Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.