Staff Software Engineer - Full StackLocation: Remote (U.S.)
JOB ID # 913About the Veterans Affairs Business UnitThe Veterans Affairs Business Unit helps transform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 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 digital experiences for Veterans, their families, caregivers, and VA employees.
Through service design, product management, and modern engineering practices, we help increase the quality, reliability, and accessibility of critical government services while reducing the time Veterans spend waiting for results.
Primary ResponsibilitiesAs a Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack, you will serve as a senior technical leader and trusted individual contributor with a high degree of autonomy. You'll help lead technical direction across projects, influence engineering decisions, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.
In this role, you will:- Plan and execute technical roadmaps for new initiatives with minimal oversight.
- Participate in strategic planning sessions with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Occasionally travel to collaborate with and present to clients and project partners.
- Break down complex, ambiguous product challenges into actionable technical solutions.
- Reduce technical debt through documentation, refactoring, and automated testing.
- Clearly communicate system architecture, technical decisions, project history, and implementation tradeoffs for proposals, demonstrations, and customer engagements.
- Participate in technical interviews and help evaluate engineering candidates.
- Present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences to support business and engineering decisions.
- Champion engineering best practices while influencing improvements across teams.
Basic Qualifications- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, or 10+ years of professional software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
- Relevant professional experience may be substituted for education.
- Expert experience developing applications with Ruby on Rails.
- Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
- Experience with React, Redux, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Experience responding to and triaging production issues.
- Demonstrated expert-level knowledge in at least one technical discipline, including frontend, backend, or infrastructure engineering, with the ability to independently lead technical initiatives and ensure successful delivery.
- Must be able to successfully obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Public Trust security clearance.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.
Preferred Qualifications- Prior experience supporting federal government contracts.
- Familiarity with the VA.gov platform and vets-api architecture.
- Experience using Postman, Datadog, and RSpec.
To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:
https://adhocteam.us/join
Benefits- Company-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible paid time off
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
- Employee Assistance Program
CompensationIn support of applicable state and local pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc provides the salary range we reasonably expect to pay candidates who meet the qualifications for this position. Final compensation is determined by a variety of factors, including experience, skills, geographic location, and level of responsibility.
Salary Range: $135,000 - $155,000
Our recruiting team is happy to answer any questions regarding compensation and benefits during the hiring process.
