Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) Lead Tax Model Platform Developer

We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) to take on the following responsibilities:

• Lead front and backend technical development work as part of the reconfiguration of ITEP’s microsimulation tax model—currently based on legacy Visual Fox Pro (VFP) code—to a Python web app to be deployed on an Azure platform.


• Lead the technical development, integration and iterative improvement of ITEP’s tax modeling capacities.


• Communicate clearly with multiple constituencies, soliciting and digesting feedback from both technical and non-technical users.


• Ensure that all code development, data handling and version control are done efficiently, securely, transparently and in a manner that improves user productivity and timeliness.


• Support documentation of ITEP’s model processes.

Candidates should already have the following experience & skills:

• Three to five years of experience as a full stack software engineer.


• Specific experience with:




• managing cloud deployments (e.g., Azure, AWS and/or Google Cloud);


• managing Python web app development;


• designing server-side and client-side architecture;


• optimizing database function and management (ideally PostgreSQL);


• using object-relational mapping (ORM).




• Ability to manage two or more concurrent projects, working both independently as well as with a team.


• Ability to effectively communicate with non-technical users, responding effectively to user needs.


• Ability to write effective technical documentation.

In addition, other helpful (though not necessary) experience would include having worked remotely on a software development team and having developed and deployed software for governments and/or nonprofit organizations.

For further details, see the job listing on ITEP's website.