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 a Senior Software Engineer to join a newly formed team partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs to enhance the digital tools Veterans use to manage their benefits, including the Claim Status Tool, decision review forms, and related services on VA.gov and the VA Health and Benefits mobile app. Efforts will include improving clarity of evidence requests, expanding claim status visibility, modernizing back-end systems, and increasing accessibility and usability—especially for decision notification and appeal processes—to better support Veterans and claimants through critical moments in their benefits journey.
Generally, our team looks for someone interested in and capable of working across the tech stack, and in using both front and back end languages and frameworks. Our ideal candidate is patient, curious, proactive, and positive; someone who understands the large impact that even small changes can have on end users, someone able to learn a complex landscape and innovate, someone who constantly seizes opportunities to refine, and someone who is dedicated to accessibility and championing the impact of our work. Most importantly, we are looking for someone with a passion for working on important problems that have a lasting impact on millions of users and make a difference in our government.
Please note that this is a Key Personnel role, as stipulated by our contract, considered “essential to work performance”. The resumes of Key Personnel are subject to government review and approval, and any changes to Key Personnel (such as voluntary or involuntary separation) may require government oversight.
Responsibilities
- This role centers on crafting components and service APIs, using various frameworks and architectures to thoughtfully integrate advanced features. This is a hands-on coding role.
- In this role, you’ll work with others to solve technical challenges, design effective solutions, troubleshoot production issues, and improve system performance. You’ll apply design patterns to support quality decisions and contribute to maintaining standards through code reviews, tools, testing strategies, and metrics.
- You’ll apply your experience to make informed architectural decisions, using design patterns and best practices to maintain quality through code reviews and metrics. Your exposure to diverse systems will help you make effective choices for architecture and scalability, supporting smoother workflows and enhancing the development process.
- You will also identify and integrate AI-powered tools and services into the software development lifecycle to improve the efficiency and/or quality of delivery. Example services include, but are not limited to, Cursor, Cline, and GitHub Copilot.
- You’ll proactively identify, promote, and support opportunities for the team to leverage AI to improve the efficiency and/or quality of delivery, as well as provide coaching and facilitate other forms of support for team members to learn how to use AI Services as needed.
- We value teamwork and mentorship. In this role, you’ll support colleagues through code reviews and pair programming, helping to strengthen their skills and improve code quality. You’ll also communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams to foster a collaborative environment.
- This position encourages you to champion innovative ideas and support others in engaging with new approaches. By sharing context and connecting team members to the broader goals, you’ll help address challenges holistically and contribute to meaningful, systemic improvements and make informed trade offs.
- We expect this role and the responsibilities associated with it to grow and change over time. We value agility, and count on your ability to adapt and grow your skills as the team and needs of the project evolve.
- Support the practice of engineering within the organization as needed, through activities such as help with recruitment and hiring, code challenges, and participating in our community of practice.
Basic qualifications
- With 7+ years as a Software Engineer, you’ve worked with complex architectures across multiple products and business domains, while also building strong expertise in specific areas. You have deep experience with multiple languages and automated testing tools for them. You have solid experience maintaining and refining design and implementation choices over time.
- You have experience experimenting with and/or utilizing AI tools and services to create and deliver software, and a strong willingness to leverage AI where appropriate to improve outcomes.
- You thrive in Agile environments, focusing on team success and embodying an Agile mindset throughout your work.
- Experience self-organizing: taking ownership of assigning and managing your own work
- Bias to action; you’ve proactively tried new things of your own volition
- Pragmatic decision-making skills and the ability to weigh and navigate tradeoffs
- A strong sense of experimentation, eager to innovate, using hypothesis-driven development
- You have 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
- Development experience in cloud environments like AWS or Azure.
- Experience with polyglot programming, using multiple languages, leveraging strengths of each language
- Expertise in continuous integration and deployment systems such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
- Experience leveraging AI tools and services to create and deliver software to production in a professional capacity.
- Familiarity with the U.S. Web Design System.
- Experience working with government agencies.
- You are a U.S. Veteran. As a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, we recognize the transition to civilian life can be tricky, and 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: $152,305.
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 is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
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.
