back-end leaning full-stack

Wilcore Technologies Inc.

United States

9 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Experienced

Experience required

3 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.dice.com

Tech stack

HTML Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Adobe InDesign Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Automation of Tests Unit Testing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

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Code Review Computer Programming Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP) High-Level Architecture JSON Python (Programming Language) Open Source Technology Queueing Systems Ruby on Rails Ruby Scaled Agile Framework Software Engineering Systems Integration Extensible Markup Language (XML) Transport Layer Security ReactJS Backend Amazon Relational Database Service AngularJS Integration Tests Web Technologies Front End Software Development Web Api Golang

Job description

This is a back-end leaning full-stack position supporting the VA Notify notification portal. You’ll join a stable, established Agile engineering team focused on maintaining and extending a mission-critical production system used to deliver notifications and communications to veterans and internal business users., * Build and maintain API endpoints and services that proxy requests to other applications, including integrations over message queues, XML, and JSON

Develop and maintain a Ruby on Rails application supporting the notification portal, along with related backend services
Write code, develop unit and integration tests, and debug issues across the stack
Contribute occasional front-end work using established design system components
Provide input on high-level architecture and coding decisions alongside fellow engineers
Coordinate with other business lines adopting the notification platform and support internal business users
Participate in periodic accessibility compliance reviews
Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from gathering and analyzing requirements to designing, building, and testing solutions, * Works within a two-week Agile sprint cycle, with regular stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint refinements
Participates in a periodic support rotation handling user access and delivery-related inquiries
Joins recurring engineering syncs focused on process improvements and technical tooling
Supports a stable, well-established system - this role centers on maintaining and enhancing production functionality rather than greenfield development

Requirements

5+ years of experience working with Ruby on Rails
Minimum of 3 years working in an Agile software development environment
Strong programming experience in a major open source language (Ruby, Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript)
Solid understanding of core web technologies: HTTP, SSL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, and XML
Experience integrating systems via message queues
Experience building and testing APIs, with a strong emphasis on unit and integration testing
Ability to write clean, readable code that’s easy for other engineers to understand and maintain
Experience across the full software development lifecycle - from requirements gathering through design, build, test, and deployment
Comfort participating in design discussions, code reviews, and cross-team collaboration
ship and ability to obtain a low-level security clearance, * Prior experience with VA or other federal government systems
Experience with AWS, particularly EC2, S3, and RDS
Familiarity with a front-end JavaScript framework (Angular, React, Backbone, or similar)
Experience with JSON Schema Form libraries (e.g., react-jsonschema-form)
Experience with automated accessibility testing tools (e.g., Axe, pa11y)
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience