Data Insights & Automation Engineer

We seek a Data Insight & Automation Engineer to help design, build, and deploy automation solutions for government organizations nationwide. In this role, you'll work directly under Dr. Andrew Drucker, whose expertise in algorithms for decision-making under uncertainty helps drive the development of our next-generation automation platform.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys applying mathematics, data science, and software engineering to solve complex real-world problems. You'll collaborate on challenging analytical work, develop scalable Python applications, leverage AI-assisted development tools, and help build innovative systems that improve operational efficiency across government organizations.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop Python-based software applications and automation solutions.
• Build scalable data processing and transformation pipelines.
• Analyze complex datasets to identify patterns, relationships, and opportunities for automation.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software development while maintaining production-quality code.
• Develop internal tools that improve implementation efficiency and operational scalability.
• Support the onboarding and configuration of new customer environments.
• Collaborate closely with company leadership to design, test, and deploy new platform capabilities.
• Continuously improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical, skilled at discovering and expressing complex relationships within data and at architecting software and data models. If you're someone who enjoys thinking critically, identifying patterns, and creating intelligent systems that make organizations significantly more efficient, you'll thrive in this role., * Strong Python programming experience.

• Experience working with structured data and large datasets.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment.

Preferred Qualifications (not required)

• Background in Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience with financial analytics, accounting, auditing, budgeting, or other data-intensive disciplines.
• Experience using Python libraries such as pandas, Polars, NumPy, or similar.
• Experience building automation tools, workflow applications, or data pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS.

Pulled from the full job description

• Paid time off, You'll join a highly driven team of some of the most talented and driven professionals, all building technology with the potential to fundamentally transform how government agencies operate. Your work will directly influence products that automate complex processes, improve efficiency, and help public servants spend more time delivering value instead of performing repetitive administrative tasks.
• Work directly with company leadership.
• Build innovative software from the ground up.
• Use the latest AI-assisted development tools every day.
• Solve technically challenging, meaningful problems.
• Help shape the future direction of the company.
• Grow rapidly as the company expands.

Pay: $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Paid time off

At OptimaGov, we're building technology that fundamentally changes how government operates. Our mission is to empower public agencies through intelligent automation that eliminates repetitive work, improves operational efficiency, and enables government professionals to focus on creating greater value for the communities they serve. You'll have the opportunity to help build innovative systems used by government agencies across the United States while working on challenging, meaningful problems with real-world impact.