The posting, in Nava PBC's own words
archived Oct 23, 2026About Nava
Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges. As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.
Position summary
Nava’s Software Engineering Manager is responsible for the career growth of their direct reports, ensuring reports receive guidance, relevant feedback and are correctly compensated. As a manager at Nava, you are also a technical contributor as either an individual contributor or a technical lead. Although the focus is on technical leadership, the incumbent is also a technical contributor who engages with cross-functional leadership, technical delivery teams, users, and vendors to ensure the successful design, development, and delivery of technology-based solutions in support of Nava’s culture and mission: Be Active Stewards, Pursue the Root Cause, Think Long-Term, Build Together, Inclusion is Essential and Progress Takes Work.
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What you'll do
Engineering Management/Technical Leadership Writing code and performing code reviews Writing and reviewing technical specifications Working closely with cross-functional product teams to identify and mitigate technical risks Guiding the engineering team on planning, estimation, prioritization, trade-offs, and balancing technical debt and meeting project milestones Review architecture and designs from other project teams Designing technical roadmaps Proposing and enforcing technical architecture Maintaining production systems Handling on-call duties and systematically debugging and resolving issues when they occur Contributing to growing Nava’s client portfolio Working on business development bids Participating in client stakeholder meetings related to growth Working with government stakeholders to get buy-in on technical initiatives Strategizing with leadership on ways to grow projects Attending conferences and networking with potential clients Reviewing strategy plans and outlining technical requirements for potential work