Senior​/Fullstack Engineer

Selara is hiring fullstack engineers to work on VA.gov, the digital frontdoor for the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA.gov pairs a large Reactfrontend with a Ruby on Rails API layer that brokers requests to the systems of record behind Veterans' benefits, health care, and claims. Youwill ship features across that whole path, from the form a Veteran fills outto the API and background jobs that carry it through.

This is one posting for two levels. We calibrate senior against staff duringthe interview process based on the scope you have owned and the impact youhave driven.

• Design, build, and ship features end to end across the VA.gov Reactfrontend and its Rails APIs
• Write modern React with function components, hooks, and Type Script, andhelp migrate older patterns toward that standard
• Build and maintain Rails API endpoints, service objects, and Sidekiqbackground jobs with performance, reliability, and security in mind
• Integrate with upstream VA systems of record and design for their failure modes, so a Veteran's submission is never silently lost
• Ship accessible interfaces from the VA Design System that meet WCAG 2.1 AAand Section 508
• Strengthen test coverage across RSpec, component tests, and browser-levelend-to-end tests
• Review code, improve CI and observability, and share context generously with a distributed team
• At the staff level, set technical direction across teams, mentor senior engineers, and drive cross-service migrations

• Deep experience shipping production software across a JavaScript frontendand a Rails backend
• Strong, current React and Type Script skills, with modern patterns as your default
• Strong Ruby on Rails skills, including API design, Active Record against
  
  PostgreSQL, background processing with Sidekiq, and testing with RSpec
• Sound judgment about where logic belongs across the client, the API, and asynchronous jobs
• A track record of building accessible, resilient user experiences over imperfect upstream systems
• Strong testing instincts across the whole stack
• Comfort with Git-based collaboration, code review, and CI on Git Hub
• Clear written communication in a remote, distributed team
• For staff, a history of leading architecture decisions that span service sand teams

• Experience with VA.gov, the vets-website or vets-api codebases, or another large civic-tech platform
• Familiarity with the US Web Design System or another mature design system
• Experience running Rails workloads on AWS
• Federal delivery experience, including working under a Public Trust

This role is fully remote within the United States. Work on VA.gov requires the ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust suitability determination, which includes a background investigation.

Selara is a Veteran-led digital services company. We build modern, accessible software for the public sector, and we hold our own work to the same standard we set for the services Veterans rely on.