Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer for Government Tech

Nava Public Benefit Corp.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Disability insurance

Paid time off (vacation, holidays)

12 federal holidays

Annual bonus

Parental leave

Wellness program

Virtual care

Job summary

Nava is expanding its software engineering team to modernize government-facing platforms. The Senior Software Engineer role focuses on Ruby on Rails and end-to-end systems for a major government partner, delivering scalable, secure, and user-friendly solutions.

You will participate in strategy, planning, and post-production support, working on high-visibility projects in a remote-friendly, client-services environment that values empathy and accessibility.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Ruby on Rails with full-stack experience.
• Extensive experience building scalable, web-based systems.
• Strong communication and client services skills.
• Ability to work in an agile environment and collaborate with partners.

Responsibilities

• Design, review, and build well-crafted software with fellow Nava engineers.
• Collaborate with government partners to architect and deploy new systems.
• Ship new features in an agile cadence to meet user needs.
• Create tools to automate development, testing, and production workflows.
• Write and review technical documentation and perform code reviews.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems.
• Assist in hiring activities as needed.

Skills

Ruby

Ruby on Rails

Typescript

Full-stack engineering

Web-based systems

Large-scale applications

Agile

Documentation

Communication

Client services

Tools

Linter

Job description

Nava is expanding its software engineering team to modernize government-facing platforms. The Senior Software Engineer role focuses on Ruby on Rails and end-to-end systems for a major government partner, delivering scalable, secure, and user-friendly solutions.

You will participate in strategy, planning, and post-production support, working on high-visibility projects in a remote-friendly, client-services environment that values empathy and accessibility.