Front End Software Engineer

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.

Agile Six is looking for a Front-End Software Engineer to join a new team partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to promote the health and well-being of Veterans, or family caregivers who care for Veterans, through education, resources, support, and services. By providing iterations of software development and supporting access to VA health benefits and care, including the VA.gov 10-10EZ and 10-10CG applications, our team will be instrumental in creating a fast, easy and burden free experience for eligible persons applying for health benefits through VA.gov. This important work is imperative to keeping these forms up-to-date, available, easy to use, and inclusive for users of all abilities, so they continue to be the fastest path to health benefits.

Successful candidates will be contributing to the following GitHub repositories, and potentially others within the VA ecosystem:

• https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-website/tree/main/src/applications/hca
• https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-website/tree/main/src/applications/caregivers

• Contribute as part of a cross functional Agile team to build a large, scalable web application in an open source ecosystem -
• Write front-end components using React and Javascript, leveraging software development principles and best practices
• Create 508-compliant UI components
• Leverage the US Web Design System, CSS, and other front-end styling systems and frameworks
• Design and build software with an eye towards modular, extensible, and scalable design
• Demonstrate strong communication and team collaboration skills
• Write automated unit tests and integration tests, and assist in manual testing as needed
• 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 such things as participating in an engineering community of practice and assisting in outreach, recruitment, and hiring efforts
• 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.

• At least 3 (three) years of experience as a software engineer
• At least one year of solid, full-time experience with React
• Solid understanding and experience with HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Solid understanding of software development principles and fundamentals, and how to apply these effectively in day-to-day software development
• Ability to complete some medium to high complexity tasks and stories with assistance from more senior engineers
• Experience working on an Agile team and demonstrating an Agile mindset
• Experience in an open, collaborative development environment
• Has lived and worked in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years

• Experience with Ruby-on-Rails, NodeJS
• Experience and knowledge around 508-Compliance
• 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
• 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

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 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 [email protected]. 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.

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.