Fullstack Backend Engineer

Agile Six Applications

21h • Remote

About The Position

Agile Six is seeking a Fullstack Backend Software Engineer to join a cross-functional agile team dedicated to the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). This role focuses on enhancing the experience for Veterans in scheduling and managing appointments across multiple platforms. The objective is to create a seamless and intuitive process for all appointment-related activities, including preference collection, travel reimbursement, follow-on scheduling, notifications, pre-appointment workflows, and after-visit summaries. The ideal candidate will be proficient in both backend (Ruby on Rails) and frontend (React, Javascript) technologies, possess a patient, curious, and proactive attitude, understand the impact of changes on end-users, and be dedicated to accessibility and innovation. A passion for working on impactful government projects serving millions of users is essential.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Deep experience with modern languages and frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Javascript/Typescript with React, and testing frameworks such as React Testing Library and RSpec
• Experience working with complex architectures across multiple products and business domains, while also building strong expertise in specific areas
• Experience self-organizing: taking ownership of assigning and managing your own work
• Pragmatic decision-making skills and the ability to weigh and navigate tradeoffs
• A strong sense of experimentation, eager to innovate, using hypothesis-driven development
• Solid experience maintaining and refining design and implementation choices over time
• Experience working with a Services Oriented Architecture and integrating with the APIs of other teams
• Experience experimenting with and/or utilizing AI tools and services to create and deliver software, and a willingness to leverage AI where appropriate to improve outcomes
• Thrives in Agile environments, focusing on team success and embodying an Agile mindset throughout work product
• A commitment to documentation and making sure the “institutional knowledge” gets written down.
• Strong sense of ownership and a collaborative mindset.
• Has lived and worked in the United States for 3 out of the last 5 years

Nice To Haves

• A relevant Associate's degree will count toward 2 years of experience.
• A relevant Bachelor’s degree will count toward 4 years of experience.
• A relevant Master’s Degree will count toward 6 years of experience.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g. DataDog)
• Familiarity with React Native or other cross-platform mobile frameworks
• Familiarity with the U.S. Web Design System
• Experience working with government agencies
• You are a U.S. Veteran.

Responsibilities

• Build components and service APIs using various frameworks and architectures to thoughtfully integrate features.
• Collaborate with teammates and other teams to identify requirements, solve technical challenges, design effective solutions, troubleshoot production issues, and improve system performance.
• Apply design patterns to support quality decisions and contribute to maintaining standards through code reviews, tools, testing strategies, and metrics.
• Apply experience to make informed architectural decisions, using design patterns and best practices to maintain quality through code reviews and metrics.
• Support colleagues through code reviews and pair programming, helping to strengthen their skills and improve code quality.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams to foster a collaborative environment.
• Champion innovative ideas and support others in engaging with new approaches.
• Effectively leverage AI-powered IDEs such as Copilot and Cursor to analyze existing code, develop features, write unit tests, and debug issues while retaining responsible oversight and reviewing all work produced.
• Support the practice of engineering within the larger company as needed through activities such as assisting in outreach, recruitment, and hiring efforts, occasionally participating in or otherwise supporting business development efforts, and participating in communities of practice.
• Responsibilities are expected to shift and grow organically over time.

Benefits

• Self-managed work/life balance and flexibility
• Competitive salary
• Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) for all employees!
• 401K matching
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer paid short and long term disability insurance
• Employer paid life insurance
• Self-managed and generous paid time off
• Paid federal holidays and two floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Self-managed professional development spending
• Self-managed wellness days

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior