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Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack

Ad Hoc LLC
Mc Lean, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/18/2026

Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack

Job Number: 913

This is a remote position.

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on Things That Matter

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people's needs and transform their experience of government.

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public sector service delivery. We've helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support critical programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver essential services, we're also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for Remote Work

Our culture, communication, and tools are intentionally designed for remote work, allowing us to bring together exceptional talent from across the country. Remote work gives our teams the flexibility to create environments where they can do their best work while collaborating closely to deliver outstanding outcomes for our customers.

A Culture Built on Trust

At Ad Hoc, we value acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We learn from our mistakes, continuously improve, and build small, inclusive teams that work closely with our partners to solve meaningful problems and deliver software that works.

About the Veterans Affairs Business Unit

The Veterans Affairs Business Unit helps transform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 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 digital experiences for Veterans, their families, caregivers, and VA employees.

Through service design, product management, and modern engineering practices, we help increase the quality, reliability, and accessibility of critical government services while reducing the time Veterans spend waiting for results.

Primary Responsibilities

As a Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack, you will serve as a senior technical leader and trusted individual contributor with a high degree of autonomy. You'll help lead technical direction across projects, influence engineering decisions, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to deliver high-quality software solutions.

In this role, you will:

  • Plan and execute technical roadmaps for new initiatives with minimal oversight.
  • Participate in strategic planning sessions with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
  • Occasionally travel to collaborate with and present to clients and project partners.
  • Break down complex, ambiguous product challenges into actionable technical solutions.
  • Reduce technical debt through documentation, refactoring, and automated testing.
  • Clearly communicate system architecture, technical decisions, project history, and implementation tradeoffs for proposals, demonstrations, and customer engagements.
  • Participate in technical interviews and help evaluate engineering candidates.
  • Present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences to support business and engineering decisions.
  • Champion engineering best practices while influencing improvements across teams.


Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, or 10+ years of professional software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Relevant professional experience may be substituted for education.
  • Expert experience developing applications with Ruby on Rails.
  • Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
  • Experience with React, Redux, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
  • Experience responding to and triaging production issues.
  • Demonstrated expert-level knowledge in at least one technical discipline, including frontend, backend, or infrastructure engineering, with the ability to independently lead technical initiatives and ensure successful delivery.
  • Must be able to successfully obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Public Trust security clearance.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience supporting federal government contracts.
  • Familiarity with the VA.gov platform and vets-api architecture.
  • Experience using Postman, Datadog, and RSpec.

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:

https://adhocteam.us/join

Benefits

  • Company-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible paid time off
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid parental leave after one year of service
  • Employee Assistance Program


Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary : $135,000 - $155,000

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