Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack
We are continuously sourcing for talent while we await anticipated job openings. Candidates who apply to this role understand we may not have an immediate opening and wish to be considered for future opportunities.
This is a remote position.
Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.
Work on things that matter
Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people 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 thinks about and uses technology.
Built for a remote life
Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed.
Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture
Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.
The
Federal Civilian business unit supports a wide range of customers that span the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, Library of Congress, and the Social Security Administration. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.
Primary Responsibilities
In this role, you will serve as an emerging subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that exhibits a high level of trust, autonomy and empowerment. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for leading and monitoring the ability to meet scope, schedule and delivery requirements and may support adjacent programs within the business unit. A Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack exhibits strong influential skills to represent the software engineering practice in planning sessions, advocating for the best technical solution, while communicating tradeoffs. You will serve as the primary lead and proactively communicate with stakeholders; while utilizing strong influential skills to drive improvements in software engineering processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack include:
- Plans and executes on roadmaps for new projects without explicit guidance and direction from technical supervisors
- Actively participates in conversations and planning sessions with partners and key stakeholders
- Periodically travels to work with and present to clients, partners, and stakeholders
- Elaborates on and evolves complex and ambiguous products to uncover constraints and new opportunities
- Reduces ambiguity in the systems they work with, including adding documentation, refactoring, and automated testing
- Effectively communicates on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they’ve been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially client-facing communications
- Participates in technical depth interviews with new candidates
- Presents on technical topics effectively, articulating implementation complexity and other costs to inform business decisions
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field and 9+ years of engineering experience
- Expert-level capabilities in at least one major technology stack, able to independently lead teams and ensure successful deliver
- Minimum of 7 years of experience with UI/UX technologies, including but not limited to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the Angular development platform
- Minimum of 2 years of experience with the U.S. Web Design System
- Minimum of 2 years of experience with developing complex software applications on a virtualized cloud environment such as Amazon AWS
- Minimum of 2 years of experience implementing reusable software component libraries
- Minimum of 2 years of experience with mobile development
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Agile software development
- Demonstrated experience leading code reviews and performance testing
Preferred Qualifications
- Training or certification in accessibility compliance, 508 testing standards, and accessibility tools preferred
To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit: https://adhocteam.us/join/
Benefits
- Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Use What You Need Vacation Policy
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
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 the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, 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 $130.000-$140,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
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