Software Engineer III - Full Stack (Remote)

Veterans Affairs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is looking for a Software Engineer III - Full Stack to join their remote team. The successful candidate will have over 5 years of experience and strong skills in Ruby and Ruby on Rails. This role involves mentoring junior developers and improving engineering processes while working on impactful public sector projects including supporting Veterans. The position offers competitive pay between $120,000 - $130,000 annually, along with excellent benefits including flexible PTO and health insurance.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible PTO

401K with employer match

Paid parental leave after one year

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience.
• Strong working experience with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Rspec.
• Must be truly full stack with a backend leaning preference.

Responsibilities

• Estimate and complete development tasks including coding, requirements gathering, and analysis.
• Practice technical and communications skills to mentor junior developers.
• Participate in planning sessions and understand major architectures.

Skills

Ruby

Ruby on Rails

Rspec

Full stack development

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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Software Engineer III - Full Stack (Remote)

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities:

Software Engineer III - Full Stack serves as an emerging individual contributor within a team, expanding your leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With the support and guidance of leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. You will interact with stakeholders and utilize influential skills to drive improvements in engineering processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Software Engineer III - Full Stack include:

Estimates and completes development tasks including coding, requirements gathering, and analysis with a little feedback and guidance from their team

Practices technical and communications skills to improve context knowledge and mentor junior developers

Assesses and diagnoses issues with the systems they own, prioritizing problem areas based on alignment with other practice areas

Participates in on-call rotations with their team as necessary

Presents on and writes about their work to both internal and external parties

Participates in planning sessions, building an understanding of major architectures and design patterns

Supports recruiting efforts by evaluating homework assignments and potentially assisting with interviews

Exhibits influential skills to drive improvements in team engineering processes and practices

Exhibits a comprehensive understanding of the business, how practices interact, and what customer problems we're solving

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of engineering experience

Strong working experience with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Rspec

Must be truly full stack with a backend leaning preference

Progressive experience with relevant technologies, understands roles with which they interact and how their work impacts business goals

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous government experience with VA access
• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $120,000 - $130,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.