Full Stack Engineer (Rails)

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.

This position is contingent upon contract award. Employment is dependent on Wilcore being awarded the associated federal contract. Candidates selected for this role will be contacted regarding a start date once award is confirmed. By applying, you acknowledge that this opportunity may not result in immediate employment and is subject to the outcome of the contract award process.

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

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

US Citizenship and ability to obtain a low-level security clearance

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