Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services, including modern digital services for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack will lead complex full-stack application design and implementation, influence technical direction, and deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. The role also involves collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, improving engineering practices, and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design and implementation of complex full stack applications
- Plan and execute technical roadmaps with minimal guidance
- Work closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and client stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle
- Translate ambiguous business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Improve system reliability, maintainability, and performance through refactoring, documentation, automated testing, and observability
- Build secure, accessible, and resilient applications using modern engineering best practices
- Present technical concepts, implementation approaches, and architectural tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences
- Mentor engineers through code reviews and technical guidance
Skills
- Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of professional software engineering experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Expert-level experience developing modern web applications using React and Ruby on Rails
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating distributed services
- Experience with cloud-native application development, preferably in AWS
- Experience using Datadog or other tools for monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, and performance analysis
- Strong understanding of software architecture, testing strategies, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Tier 4 Public Trust or higher
- Experience on federal government software modernization programs
- Experience with accessibility standards (Section 508/WCAG)
- Experience working in Agile software delivery teams
- Experience with containerized applications and Kubernetes
- Experience supporting FedRAMP, FISMA, or other government compliance environments
Benefits
- Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
- Employee Assistance Program
- This is a remote position.
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