Staff Software Engineer FS - Java

Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.

The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.

Work on things that matter

Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start.

As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we're also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology.

Built for a remote life

Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We've designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team.

Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives.

Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that's welcomed.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.

We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports a wide range of customers that span the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space.

Our customers include the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, PAN Foundation, Library of Congress, Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services, and the USDA Forest Service.

We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Serve as an emerging subject matter expert while serving as an individual contributor that exhibits a high level of trust, autonomy, and empowerment.
• Lead and monitor the ability to meet scope, schedule, and delivery requirements with minimal oversight from leadership.
• Represent the software engineering practice in planning sessions, advocating for the best technical solution while communicating tradeoffs.
• Proactively communicate with stakeholders and drive improvements in software engineering processes and practices.
• Plan and execute on roadmaps for new projects without explicit guidance and direction from technical supervisors.
• Participate in conversations and planning sessions with partners and key stakeholders.
• Periodically travel to work with and present to clients, partners, and stakeholders.
• Elaborate on and evolve complex and ambiguous products to uncover constraints and new opportunities.
• Reduce ambiguity in the systems they work with, including adding documentation, refactoring, and automated testing.
• Effectively communicate on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they've been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially client-facing communications.
• Participate in technical depth interviews with new candidates.
• Present on technical topics effectively, articulating implementation complexity and other costs to inform business decisions.

Basic Qualifications :

• Master's degree and 10+ years of experience or a Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of engineering experience.
• Big-picture systems thinking.
• Team leadership.
• Expert-level capabilities in at least one major technology stack, able to independently lead teams and ensure successful delivery.

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience with Java, XML, AWS, COBOL.

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

In support of the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above.

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility.

The range of starting pay for this role is $135,000 - $150,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.

Job reference : STAFF001567

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