Data Insights & Automation Engineer

About this role

Location: Remote (USA ONLY) - Current team is in Los Angeles, CA, Boston, MA, and New York City, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time Salaried Employee
Salary: $80,000 per year
Immediate Availability

Help Transform the Future of Government

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.

About the Role

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 sc...