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United States Digital Service (USDS) | Senior Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, and more! | Washington, DC or Remote USA | https://www.usds.gov/
by usdsgov 4y ago
United States Digital Service (USDS) | Senior Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, and more! | Washington, DC or Remote USA | https://www.usds.gov/ https://www.usds.gov/
The United States Digital Service is a team of cross-agency federal technologists who work on some of the biggest issues affecting the American people, including: streamlining immigration, helping veterans get benefits, modernizing health care, reforming hiring, improving school safety, fixing procurement, and more.
Check out our most recent impact report for examples of what you could be working on:
https://www.usds.gov/resources/USDS-Impact-Report-2020.pdf https://www.usds.gov/resources/USDS-Impact-Report-2020.pdf
We're looking for the most empathetic, mission-driven, and tenacious technologists who are committed to untangling, rewiring, and redesigning critical government services. We hire folks from all walks of life who have demonstrable experience tackling complicated problems in the public, private, or non-profit sectors.
We're hiring for:
* Software Engineers (Frontend, Backend, Full Stack, DevOps)
* Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and Security Engineers
* Product Managers
* Data Scientists
* Designers (Generalists, Strategists, User Researchers, Interaction Designers, Content Strategists, Design Operations, and everything in between)
* Procurement Specialists
* Bureaucracy Hackers
* and more!
We are currently hiring for both remote employees and people who are local to Washington, D.C.
Come join us in shifting government tech in the right direction -- no prior government experience required!
Read more about getting hired here: https://www.usds.gov/faq https://www.usds.gov/faq
Apply here: https://www.usds.gov/apply https://www.usds.gov/apply
- downvoteme1 4y agoDo you have to be a citizen or just a green card is OK?
- lazyasciiart 4y agoCitizens only.
- guenthert 4y ago> To work at USDS, you must be a U.S. citizen No mentioning of alien residents, so I guess, they're out.
- wwkeyboard 4y agoWill the permission to be remote continue for someone who is hired now? The only thing that stopped me from applying in the past is the requirement to relocate.
- cbayram 4y agoPer provided link https://www.usds.gov/apply https://www.usds.gov/apply: "During the COVID-19 pandemic, most people at USDS are working remotely from many locations across the country. During normal times, we ask that you make Washington, D.C. or the surrounding area your base during the work week."
- voganmother42 4y agoSo remote is pretty deceptive
- jjnoakes 4y agoAgreed. If this was a truly remote position permanently, I'd apply right now and take a pay cut. I'm at the point in my career where social impact at this scale would be a higher priority than pay for me. But remote is the highest.
- encomiast 4y agoFWIW places like 18F are frequently hiring engineers, product people, and designers, the pay is similar, the work is related, and they are 100% remote.
- gunsch 4y agoThere are also government contractors who often pair with USDS doing this kind of work! Ad Hoc (my employer), Nava, Civic Actions, etc. are all part of a new generation of companies with related missions trying to bring modern software practices into the US government. While USDS is often on the inside cutting through bureaucracy, the contractors are often doing most of the technical build and implementation.
- jtagen 4y agoI have really mixed feelings about this. Not a fan of typical government jobs, but the FAQ reads so much more like a startup. Is it true? What does the compensation look like (broadly)?
- cbayram 4y agoPer provided link https://www.usds.gov/apply https://www.usds.gov/apply: "Salaries in government change every year. For 2023, you may be paid up to $183,500 depending on where you are located in the United States."
- kristopolous 4y agoThe federal government pays pretty well for scientists and engineers. I've got a few friends at JPL and they are paid around that. I was a researcher under UC Regents many years ago, run by the state of California. That pay, however, was terrible. When I left for private industry I asked for double what I had been making and they considered me a bargain.
- walrus01 4y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but the pay can also be considerably higher if you work at a federally funded research lab but are not a direct federal employee. Employee of an implementing contractor company. Such as various positions at Hanford, Idaho National Lab, Los Alamos, Brookhaven, Argonne, Sandia, Livermore, etc.
- d4mi3n 4y agoI did an interview with these folks about a year and a half ago—if you can make the pay and location work it seems like a great way to do socially meaningful work. I sadly had to pass—I couldn’t make the salary or move work with health issues in the family—but the interview process was very open and the interviewers I spoke with were fantastic. As I gathered these folks are effectively a floating software team that partners with other governmental organizations to fix problems that benefit from their skill sets. The last project I’m aware of was them revamping systems to allow veterans to more easily receive health care. Good luck to them and whoever applies, we need more places like the USDS.
- YPCrumble 4y agoWhat salary did they offer?
- aosmith 4y agoGS pay scale is capped at ~$150k.
- 8organicbits 4y agoI believe the current number is $183,500. https://www.federalpay.org/gs/locality/washington-dc https://www.federalpay.org/gs/locality/washington-dc Although if that's still too low, check out DHS. They are finding ways of increasing salaries above that limit. (https://www.usajobs.gov/job/709656500 https://www.usajobs.gov/job/709656500) Senior Cybersecurity Specialist: $115,400 - $123,700 Staff Cybersecurity Specialist: $140,400 - $150.200 Principal Cybersecurity Specialist: $167,400 - $177,800 Senior Principal Cybersecurity Specialist: $184,700 - $196,000 In some geographic areas, average starting salaries will be higher because of a local cybersecurity labor market supplement (e.g., metro Washington, D.C. +10%). If I'm parsing that correctly, $196k+10%=$215k as the cap.
- d4mi3n 4y agoThe GS schedule capped out below what I was making at the time. Other commenters here have pointed out what the dollar value is, but I forget the designation for the salary band.
- j-bos 4y agoI would love to join, as a kid I felt working at the post office would be great. But the DC requirement is a hard sell.
- aosmith 4y agoDC on $150k is a tough sell, especially if you have a family.
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