Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.
As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This position is contingent pending contract award.
You will work on small teams to build scalable applications for our government—designing, implementing, and delivering services that millions of Americans depend on. You are passionate about building large-scale systems that are inclusive, well-designed, fast, scalable, and secure, and youll help set high standards for our teams in terms of simplicity, empathy, and accessibility.
The Senior Software Engineer in this role will be focused on Ruby on Rails and developing end to end systems for one of Navas major government partners. The objective is to modernize an existing legacy enterprise platform to improve its public facing processes, and experiences which will enable users to have more access to the programs and services that they need, in real-time, in a more user friendly and uncomplicated way. This individual will be involved in everything, from strategy, and planning through to post production testing, and support.
Work with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software
Collaborate with government partners and other contractors to architect, implement, and deploy new systems and improvements to existing systems
Work in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs
Create tools and processes to automate our development, testing, and production workflows
Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems and investigate issues when they occur
Experience with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Typescript
At least 12 years of experience of full-stack engineering contributing development initiatives, in a fast paced, dynamic environment in a self directed manner, that required minimal supervision
Meaningful experience working on web-based systems, both front-end and back-end
Experience working on large-scale applications and systems
Knowledge of engineering fundamentals and architecture
Expertise developing well-crafted software
Experience with modern web development frameworks
Experience designing and implementing application architectures and code that is highly scalable, available, and performant
Self-directed, requiring minimal supervision
Previous experience as a software engineer
Experience with testing, specifically automated testing
Knowing code quality tools such as Linter
Experience with system design such as designing systems that will be sustainable with high usage, designing a front end and back end that talk to each other
Legal authorization to work in the United States
Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
Health coverage
— comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to support your overall health needs
Nava provides disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost
vacation, holidays (including Juneteenth), and floating holidays to rest and recharge
Company holidays
— enjoy 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of your regular PTO
Annual bonus
— when Nava meets its goals, eligible employees receive a performance-based annual bonus
full platform offering physical, mental, & emotional health resources & support tools
Virtual care
— see doctors online with no copay through a virtual visit program (depending on available providers)
earn extended unpaid leave after continuous service for personal growth or rest
Nava matches 4% of your salary to support your retirement savings plan
Flexible work
— remote-first environment with flexibility built around your schedule and responsibilities
Home office setup
— company laptop & setup assistance provided via Staples for remote work needs
monthly reimbursement to help offset eligible home office utility expenses
internal training programs and resources to help grow your professional skills
LinkedIn Learning access & an annual allowance for courses, tuition, & certs
Referral bonus
— pre-tax commuter programs to support in-office travel when applicable
A collaborative and remote-friendly team environment where people genuinely care
We have fully remote options if you reside in one of the following states:
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