About the role
Who Are We? Government technology has failed the public for decades, and Americans have been conditioned to expect websites from the 90s for essential public services. Kaizen exists to strengthen trust in American public services by building technology that residents and public servants are proud to use. We partner with local, state, and federal agencies to replace legacy systems with modern, AI-native software that is worthy of the people they serve. We started in outdoor recreation, and now we're building toward something much larger — the software layer that powers how Americans access any government service. Our platform already reaches 40 million residents across 50+ agencies in 17 states. Founded in 2022 and based in New York City, Kaizen has raised $35 million from NEA, a16z, Accel, 776, and Carpenter Capital. We're builders, designers, and operators who believe that beautifully designed software shouldn’t be a luxury in government. It’s how you earn trust back. The Data Intelligence Team The DI team exists to make Kaizen faster, smarter, and more effective at every level.
The team runs four pillars: External Analytics: Best-in-class reporting for customers inside Kaizen's platform Automation: Finding repetitive workflows across the org and building tools to eliminate them AI Enablement: Making sure every person at Kaizen knows how to use AI effectively Internal Analytics: Trusted dashboards and data models that give every level of the org what they need to make faster decisions
The Role We’re looking for a Data Engineer who can operate across the full spectrum of modern data work. This is not a narrow role. You will build and maintain the data models that power our internal and customer-facing reporting, design and ship automations that eliminate repetitive manual work, develop AI-powered tools that make teams faster and smarter, and build the internal tools that keep the whole operation running. One week you might be writing dbt models and tuning a Snowflake pipeline. The next you are building an internal application that transforms how a team operates, or standing up an AI workflow that cuts hours of manual work down to minutes. We are looking for someone who brings both technical depth and business instinct. You will work directly with team leads across the company, translate their problems into solutions, and own those solutions from concept to production. If you are energized by variety, thrive without a lot of hand-holding, and want your work to have a direct and visible impact on a growing company, this is
