Forward-Deployed Software Engineer at Recidiviz · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

As a Forward-Deployed Software Engineer, you will be directly on the front lines of our work, collaborating with state Departments of Corrections, government IT staff, and justice-impacted individuals to scope, adapt, and integrate Recidiviz’s data platform and products into their existing environments. You will partner with state leadership to understand their goals and constraints, define the right technical solutions, and then dive into complex, real-world data systems to make those solutions a reality.
Core responsibilities
Scope for impact: Collaborate with state agency leadership and IT staff to understand their unique policy objectives and system constraints, working with cross-functional teammates to translate their needs into clear technical approaches and deployment roadmaps.
Problem-solve in the wild: Untangle messy data and legacy systems, writing scripts and crafting creative technical solutions to ensure successful deployments in unique customer environments.
Level up the product: Translate on-the-ground challenges into actionable insights for our core engineering and product teams, contributing code to our platform and products to make them more scalable and configurable.
Build trust: Engage directly with customer stakeholders—from database administrators to agency executives—balancing technical rigor with deep empathy and clear communication.
Travel occasionally: Join state partners on-site (10%) to scope new projects, build relationships, unblock technical hurdles in person, and ensure our tools are driving real impact.
Here are a few things you might accomplish in your first year at Recidiviz that would demonstrate wild success in this role:
Successfully scope and lead the technical integration of Recidiviz with a new state partner, unlocking actionable insights for agency staff and leadership within months.
Identify a recurring impact bottleneck across multiple deployments, build a feature to solve it, and successfully merge it into our core engineering platform.
Build deep trust and collaboration with an overburdened agency IT team, turning them into enthusiastic champions of Recidiviz's technology and approach.

Forward-Deployed Software Engineer

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Preferred

Benefits

Company

Recidiviz

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