This is a remote position but may require occasional travel (10%), likely to D.C.
This position will be open and accepting applications until 5 PM EST on April 30, 2020.
Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our team of experts from across commercial industry and government brings the modern skills necessary to help agencies transform public services into digital services. Our work enables agencies to meet the needs of their users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.
As part of our team you will work with a small team of designers and engineers to design, develop, and deliver web-based applications and services. You’ll work in collaboration with our government partners to better understand and translate policy and business requirements into features, user stories, automated tests, and working code. Your work will impact the lives of millions of Americans.
Staff Software Engineers lead teams of 3 to 6 engineers and are the primary responsible individual for ensuring the successful technical operation of their team.
Requirements
- Our Federal contracts require that you be a U.S. Citizen to be eligible for employment.
- All work must be conducted within the U.S.
- As a contractor to the federal government, all hires may be required to complete additional background screenings at the time of hire or any time thereafter as requested.
- Our technical screening involves completing our homework assignments exclusively –we do not do any form of whiteboarding in our process. You can read more about our homework here.
What You’ll Do
- Manage and ensure technical quality for your applications
- Provide technical mentoring for the team, through code review and other means
- Keep program leadership informed of the health of your team and contribute to evaluation of team members, written or otherwise
- Navigate stakeholder needs and their tradeoffs to ensure we deliver scalable and durable solutions that meet business requirements
- Actively contribute to your applications as an Engineer.
What You’ll Bring
- 8+ years of experience developing consumer-facing web applications, services, and APIs.
- Programming in one or more major open source languages, such as Ruby, Python, Go, Javascript, or Java.
- Deep, demonstrated understanding of the fundamental technologies of the web: HTTP, SSL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON.
- Experience delivering scalable services to production.
- Strong node.js experience
- Experience and understanding of one or more different agile methodologies, including Scrum, XP, or SAFe.
- Experience with Amazon Web Services, in particular EC2, S3, and RDS, as well as technologies for provisioning capacity on those services.
Benefits
- Company-Subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Vanguard 401K Plan
- Unlimited Vacation
- Continuing Education/Annual Conference Attendance
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.
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