Software Engineer

A better place to work. Better work to do. 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 cross-functional Agile team to develop and maintain a web-based collaboration tool within the VA.gov domain that curates VA’s promising innovations, encourages their diffusion, and fosters engagement with greater healthcare communities. The successful candidate will be performing development tasks on a Ruby on Rails Model-View-Controller (MVC) application as well as building and maintaining a modern DevOps infrastructure that supports the application. They will be developing code “in the open” within an open source project and ecosystem. Most importantly, they will have a passion for working on important problems that have a lasting impact on millions of users and make a difference in our government!

The team is working in the following public GitHub repository:

• https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/diffusion-marketplace

Responsibilities

• Contribute as part of a cross functional Agile team to build a scalable web application in an open source ecosystem which supports the diffusion of promising innovations within the VA
• Develop components and services in Ruby on Rails
• Develop views and front-end components using Javascript, jQuery, CSS, Ajax, and other technologies
• Demonstrate strong communication and team collaboration skills
• Write automated unit tests and integration tests, and assist in manual testing as needed
• Participate in all team meetings and functions, including Agile ceremonies
• As an agile team member, support the team and Product Owner to ensure that work is accurately described and appropriately prioritized, including providing input into user story acceptance criteria and sizing
• 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 3 (three) years of experience as a software engineer
• At least one year of solid, full-time professional experience with Ruby on Rails
• At least 1 year of experience with Javascript/Jquery, CSS, and Ajax
• Ability to independently complete simple-to-medium complexity tasks and user stories using Ruby on Rails
• Ability to complete some high complexity tasks and stories with assistance from more senior engineers
• Has lived and worked in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years

Additional desired qualifications

• 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 CI/CD tools such as Jenkins
• Experience working in or with Government agencies, especially the VA
• Previously contributed to at least one open source project
• 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 $107,558 - $113,074

Our benefits are designed to reinforce our core values of Wholeness, Self Management and Inclusion.  The following benefits are all available to all employees, but you will be expected to largely manage them yourself.  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), 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 budget
• 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.

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 and are happy to assist with your application.

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