Job description
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 people feel valued, self-managed, and love to come to work.
The role
Agile Six is looking for team members with experience using modern technology in cross-functional teams to quickly turn ideas into reality. We’re building a workforce of empathetic, human-centered AI power users—people who apply AI tools effectively, responsibly, and creatively to improve government services.
For this role, we’re looking for a Software Engineer with hands-on experience digitizing forms to join a collaborative team working with the Department of Veterans Affairs on an ambitious initiative to digitize a number of forms by 11⁄11 (Veteran’s Day) to improve the delivery of services to Veterans. By delivering high quality, functional software informed by user feedback and research, our team will increase access to critical services, directly impacting and improving the lives of Veterans.
The successful candidate will bring a bias to action and tenacious problem-solving skills, tackling complex challenges with speed, persistence, and creativity. They will be adept at leveraging AI across the development process—from researching and discovering potential solutions to prototyping, implementation, and rigorous testing/verification—to quickly deliver results. Just as importantly, they will be able to communicate, evangelize, and scale effective development practices to support multi-person, cross-functional teams. Whether driving a proof of concept or sustaining secure production services, we value individuals who combine curiosity, resilience, action-oriented creativity and responsible AI use to move work forward in the face of uncertainty.
We’re also intentional about the culture we’re creating. We look for adaptive, empathetic, and collaborative teammates who care deeply about one another and are passionate about solving meaningful problems that impact millions of people. We welcome individuals from diverse, multidisciplinary backgrounds—including product, research, design, engineering, data, and delivery—who thrive in collaborative environments and can leverage a holistic understanding of the software development process.
Responsibilities
- Identify, evaluate, and assemble AI-powered tools into effective toolchains for rapid form development and processing.
- Quickly build and test digital form prototypes, validating hypotheses with VA stakeholders through iterative feedback loops.
- Help cross-functional teams adopt AI workflows to develop and maintain production systems.
- Apply systems thinking and problem-solving to create solutions that meet both user and stakeholder needs.
- Partner with product, design, engineering, and delivery teams, bringing in specialized expertise as needed.
- Use hypothesis-driven approaches to prototype and evaluate products, services, and systems.
- Share insights to strengthen Agile Six’s collective practice of effective and responsible AI.
- Build digital forms within vets-website using the VA design system; integrate with vets-api submission endpoints.
- Implement validations, conditional logic, accessibility compliance, and PDF/JSON generation via the PDFFill library.
- Create workflows for third-party participants (e.g., employers, medical providers) that generate CMP-compliant packets.
- Ensure proper handling of PII in form elements and data flows.
- Write tests for form logic, validations, accessibility (axe, pa11y), and PDF/JSON integrity.
Basic qualifications
- Hands-on experience with AI tools and enabling technologies to design, build, and deploy software/services
- Ability to rapidly vet ideas and test solution hypotheses using a variety of AI frameworks (e.g., Vercel V0, Claude, Loveable, Cursor, Copilot, Devin).
- Holistic understanding of UX research, product design, engineering, hosting, security, and testing; able to apply systems-level thinking to deliver high-quality features and products in complex, ambiguous environments.
- Extensive experience building interactive features with vets-website and integrating with vets-api; familiarity with vets-json-schema a plus.
- Proficiency in React/TypeScript and Node.js or Python (for workflow APIs); Ruby on Rails experience a plus. Skilled in accessibility (WCAG, Section 508), PDF generation, JSON serialization, and VA PDFFill library.
- Strong experience with automated test frameworks (Cypress, Playwright) integrated into development workflows.
- Familiar with data governance, model evaluation, and the responsible use of AI; interest in contributing to Agile Six’s emerging AI Community of Practice.
- Has lived and worked in the United States for 3 out of the last 5 years
- Some of our clients may request or require travel from time to time. If this is a concern for you, we encourage you to apply and discuss it with us at your initial interview
Additional desired qualifications
- Familiarity with the US Web Design System
- Familiarity with Section-508 and WCAG 2.1AA Accessibility requirements, standards, and testing tools
- You are a U.S. Veteran. As a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, we welcome and encourage Veterans to apply
At Agile Six, we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We’re eager to meet people who believe in our mission and who can contribute to our team in a variety of ways.
Salary and Sixer Benefits
To promote pay equity, we publish a salary for each position. The salary for this position is $190,000.
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 controlling), 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)
- 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 two floating holidays
- 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. 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.
