Municipal and county governments in 40+ states use GovWell's AI operating system to deliver better services, work smarter, and build public trust. Backed by Insight.
About the role
Payments infrastructure for local government is a genuinely hard problem — real money, strict audit requirements, dozens of different fee types and collection methods, all running underneath workflows that can't afford to break. It's also a problem that's specific to how municipalities and counties actually operate, not something you can bolt on from a generic payments product.
What they're looking for
- Experience designing financial or transactional systems where correctness isn't optional — payments, billing, ledgers, or similar domains where an unbalanced number is a real problem, not a bug ticket
- You have real opinions about how a payments system should be architected, and you want a role where you can bring them, not just implement someone else's spec
- Comfortable with ambiguity at the domain-design level: this isn't "build this feature," it's "help decide what the right abstraction is," and you find that exciting rather than uncomfortable
- Experience with idempotency, webhooks, and payment processor integrations (Stripe, Finix, or similar) is a strong plus
- You think in terms of invariants and edge cases — what happens when a webhook fires twice, when a fee schedule changes mid-invoice, when a refund needs to partially reverse a payment that's already been partially paid
- You're excited to work with the latest AI models, both in the product and in your own development workflow
More about this role
We the people — and the taxpayers — deserve good government. Yet today, interacting with government services is often frustrating and inefficient. GovWell is building the AI operating system transforming how governments serve communities, starting with local agencies.
GovWell replaces legacy software for municipalities and counties, empowering public servants to radically streamline public services and cut internal processing time for permits and licenses by up to 95%.
Founded in 2023, GovWell powers 5,000+ mission-critical processes for agencies in 35+ states serving millions of residents. The company has raised $35M in funding from Insight Partners, Work-Bench, and Bienville Capital, and the team works in person at GovWell HQ in New York City. Read more about our founding story in TechCrunch .
Payments infrastructure for local government is a genuinely hard problem — real money, strict audit requirements, dozens of different fee types and collection methods, all running underneath workflows that can't afford to break. It's also a problem that's specific to how municipalities and counties actually operate, not something you can bolt on from a generic payments product.
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