Agile Six is a people-first, remote-work company that serves shoulder-to-shoulder with federal agencies to find innovative, human-centered solutions. We build better by putting people first. We are animated by our core values of Purpose, Wholeness, Trust, Self-Management and Inclusion. We deliver our solutions in autonomous teams of self-managed professionals (no managers here!) who genuinely care about each other and the work. We know that’s our company’s purpose – and that we can only achieve it by supporting a culture where talented people feel valued, self-managed, and love to come to work.

The role

Agile Six is looking for a Software Engineer to join a new team partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to help Veterans and their families avoid, manage, and resolve VA debts. This important work will be instrumental to ensuring that Veterans and their families resolve debts quickly and easily, while avoiding unnecessary fees and penalties. By delivering new features and enhancements informed by user feedback and research, our team will improve the digital experience for managing VA debt, while treating each Veteran with dignity and respect.

The following public GitHub repositories contain information about the current state:

Responsibilities

Contribute as part of a cross functional Agile team to build a large, scalable web application in an open source ecosystem
Write components and services using software development principles and best practices
Design and build software components with an eye towards modular, extensible, and scalable design
Provide guidance and informal leadership to other teammates through code reviews, pair coding, mentorship, etc.
Demonstrate strong communication and team collaboration skills
Write automated unit tests and integration tests, and assist in manual testing as needed
Contribute to software design through the development and communication of solutions, as well as build consensus through diagrams and other forms of presentation
Work with a Product Owner to ensure that work is accurately described and appropriately prioritized, including providing input into product roadmaps, product and sprint backlogs, and user stories
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, including code or design challenges, writing or reviewing proposal responses, etc.
- Participating in communities of practice
We expect the responsibilities of this position to shift and grow organically over time, in response to considerations such as the unique strengths and interests of the selected candidate and other team members and an evolving understanding of the delivery environment.

Basic qualifications

At least 5 years of experience as a software engineer
Experience with Ruby
Understanding of common design patterns and software development principles, and how to apply these effectively in day-to-day software development
Experience working in different areas of the software stack and solving a variety of engineering problems throughout their career
Experience working on an Agile team and demonstrating an Agile mindset
Ability to work independently on high complexity tasks
Experience in an open-source, collaborative development environment
Has lived and worked in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years

Additional desired qualifications

Experience with JavaScript: React, NodeJS
Experience with polyglot programming, using multiple languages, leveraging strengths of each language
Experience with PostgresDB and Redis
Experience with continuous integration/deployment systems, Jenkins or Github Actions
Experience working with GitHub or other git repositories
Experience developing in the AWS cloud
Experience with container platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with Terraform or other IaC platforms
Previously contributed to at least one open source project
Familiarity with the US Web Design System
Experience working in or with government agencies, especially the VA
You are a U.S. Veteran

Salary and Sixer Benefits

To promote equal pay for equal work, we publish salary ranges for each position.

The salary for this position is $131,941 - $138,708

Our benefits are designed to reinforce our core values of Wholeness, Self Management and Inclusion. The following benefits are available to all employees. We respect that only you know what balance means for your life and season. While we offer support from coaches, we expect you to own your wholeness, show up for work whole, and go home to your family the same. You will be seen, heard and valued. We expect you to offer the same for your colleagues, be kind (not bossy), be caring (not directive) and ready to participate in a state of flow. We mean it when we say “We build better by putting people first”.

All Sixers Enjoy:

Self-managed work/life balance and flexibility
Competitive and equitable salary (equal pay for equal work)
Tenure-based profit sharing
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 Election day off
Paid parental leave
Self-managed professional development spending
Self-managed wellness days

Hiring practices

Agile Six Applications, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity 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.

Note: We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. This role is required to work from the contiguous United States. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation in applying for any of these positions, please reach out to careers@agile6.com. We want to ensure you have the ability to apply for any position at Agile Six.

Please read and respond to the application questions carefully. Interviews are conducted on a rolling basis until the position has been filled.

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