Senior/Staff Fullstack Engineer

SELARA; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Selara is hiring fullstack engineers to work on VA.gov, the digital frontdoor for the Department of Veterans Affairs. You will ship features across that path, from veterans' forms to the API and background jobs that carry it through.

This fully remote role within the United States emphasizes accessibility, testing, and collaboration with a distributed team. You will help design, implement, and evolve the stack, from frontend components to Rails API endpoints.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping production software across a JS frontend and Rails backend.
• Strong React and TypeScript skills with modern patterns.
• Strong Ruby on Rails skills, API design, PostgreSQL, background processing, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features end to end across the VA.gov React frontend and Rails APIs.
• Write modern React with function components, hooks, and TypeScript.
• Build and maintain Rails API endpoints, service objects, and Sidekiq background jobs.
• Integrate with VA systems of record and design for failure modes to prevent lost submissions.
• Ship accessible interfaces meeting WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508.
• Strengthen test coverage across RSpec, component tests, and end-to-end tests.
• Review code, improve CI and observability, and share context with a distributed team.
• For staff, set technical direction and mentor engineers across services.

Skills

React/TypeScript

Ruby on Rails

Testing discipline

Remote collaboration

Tools

React

Rails API

PostgreSQL

Sidekiq

RSpec

GitHub CI

Job description

About the role

Selara is hiring fullstack engineers to work on VA.gov, the digital frontdoor for the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA.gov pairs a large Reactfrontend with a Ruby on Rails API layer that brokers requests to thesystems of record behind Veterans' benefits, health care, and claims. Youwill ship features across that whole path, from the form a Veteran fills outto the API and background jobs that carry it through.

This is one posting for two levels. We calibrate senior against staff duringthe interview process based on the scope you have owned and the impact youhave driven.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and ship features end to end across the VA.gov Reactfrontend and its Rails APIs
• Write modern React with function components, hooks, and TypeScript, andhelp migrate older patterns toward that standard
• Build and maintain Rails API endpoints, service objects, and Sidekiqbackground jobs with performance, reliability, and security in mind
• Integrate with upstream VA systems of record and design for their failuremodes, so a Veteran's submission is never silently lost
• Ship accessible interfaces from the VA Design System that meet WCAG 2.1 AAand Section 508
• Strengthen test coverage across RSpec, component tests, and browser-levelend-to-end tests
• Review code, improve CI and observability, and share context generouslywith a distributed team
• At the staff level, set technical direction across teams, mentor seniorengineers, and drive cross-service migrations

What we're looking for

• Deep experience shipping production software across a JavaScript frontendand a Rails backend
• Strong, current React and TypeScript skills, with modern patterns as yourdefault
• Strong Ruby on Rails skills, including API design, ActiveRecord againstPostgreSQL, background processing with Sidekiq, and testing with RSpec
• Sound judgment about where logic belongs across the client, the API, andasynchronous jobs
• A track record of building accessible, resilient user experiences overimperfect upstream systems
• Strong testing instincts across the whole stack
• Comfort with Git-based collaboration, code review, and CI on GitHub
• Clear written communication in a remote, distributed team
• For staff, a history of leading architecture decisions that span servicesand teams

Nice to have

• Experience with VA.gov, the vets-website or vets-api codebases, or anotherlarge civic-tech platform
• Familiarity with the US Web Design System or another mature design system
• Experience running Rails workloads on AWS
• Federal delivery experience, including working under a Public Trust

Location and eligibility

This role is fully remote within the United States. Work on VA.gov requiresthe ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust suitabilitydetermination, which includes a background investigation.

About Selara

Selara is a Veteran-led digital services company. We build modern, accessiblesoftware for the public sector, and we hold our own work to the same standardwe set for the services Veterans rely on.