Senior/Staff Fullstack Engineer

Remote (US) · Full-timeShip features across the VA.gov React frontend and Rails APIs that connect Veterans to their benefits. Senior and staff levels, remote in the US.About the roleSelara is hiring fullstack engineers to work on VA.gov, the digital front door for the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA.gov pairs a large React frontend with a Ruby on Rails API layer that brokers requests to the systems of record behind Veterans' benefits, health care, and claims. You will ship features across that whole path, from the form a Veteran fills out to the API and background jobs that carry it through.This is one posting for two levels. We calibrate senior against staff during the interview process based on the scope you have owned and the impact you have driven.What you'll doDesign, build, and ship features end to end across the VA.gov React frontend and its Rails APIsWrite modern React with function components, hooks, and TypeScript, and help migrate older patterns toward that standardBuild and maintain Rails API endpoints, service objects, and Sidekiq background jobs with performance, reliability, and security in mindIntegrate with upstream VA systems of record and design for their failure modes, so a Veteran's submission is never silently lostShip accessible interfaces from the VA Design System that meet WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508Strengthen test coverage across RSpec, component tests, and browser-level end-to-end testsReview code, improve CI and observability, and share context generously with a distributed teamAt the staff level, set technical direction across teams, mentor senior engineers, and drive cross-service migrationsWhat we're looking forDeep experience shipping production software across a JavaScript frontend and a Rails backendStrong, current React and TypeScript skills, with modern patterns as your defaultStrong Ruby on Rails skills, including API design, ActiveRecord against PostgreSQL, background processing with Sidekiq, and testing with RSpecSound judgment about where logic belongs across the client, the API, and asynchronous jobsA track record of building accessible, resilient user experiences over imperfect upstream systemsStrong testing instincts across the whole stackComfort with Git-based collaboration, code review, and CI on GitHubClear written communication in a remote, distributed teamFor staff, a history of leading architecture decisions that span services and teamsNice to haveExperience with VA.gov, the vets-website or vets-api codebases, or another large civic-tech platformFamiliarity with the US Web Design System or another mature design systemExperience running Rails workloads on AWSFederal delivery experience, including working under a Public TrustLocation and eligibilityThis 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.About SelaraSelara 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.