Description Senior Software Engineer - Front End/ Back End 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 lif 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 cultur 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 Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable VA to increase the usage, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes. Primary Responsibilities: In this role, you will serve as an experienced individual contributor within a team, with the expectation that you will further develop your leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. A Senior Software Engineer - Front End/ Back End impacts the long-term goals of the program, while contributing to the implementation of the program's development strategy. You may serve as the discipline's primary lead when working with stakeholders and utilize strong influential skills to drive improvements in software engineering processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Senior Software Engineer - Front End/ Back End include: Demonstrates expertise, accountability, and ownership of their contributions to an application code base Maintains a high-level understanding of adjacent technical areas and ecosystems to effectively coordinate integration with those systems Diagnoses and effectively resolves issues with the systems they own, using incidents to inform educational opportunities and system improvements Actively mentors and assists more junior engineers in the development of their skills Effectively communicates technical issues and developments with team members and clients Participates in technical interviews with new candidates Strong influential skills to propose and evaluate multiple approaches to technical and process problems May serve as a mentor to individuals within the team May leads small, less critical, or temporary team structures and projects Presents design documents, system diagrams, etc. to clients, stakeholders, partners, and other engineers Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of engineering experience of which 4 years must be specialized related to the specific subject area Experience with Ruby on