[Remote] Engineer - Networking

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Agile Six is a people-first, remote-work company that collaborates with federal agencies to deliver human-centered solutions. They are seeking Engineers for anticipated roles on their agile teams, focusing on crafting components, solving technical challenges, and improving system performance while fostering a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• This role centers on crafting components and service APIs, using various frameworks and architectures to thoughtfully integrate advanced features. This is a hands-on coding role
• In this role, you’ll work with others to solve technical challenges, design effective solutions, troubleshoot production issues, and improve system performance. You’ll apply design patterns to support quality decisions and contribute to maintaining standards through code reviews, tools, testing strategies, and metrics
• You’ll apply your experience to make informed architectural decisions, using design patterns and best practices to maintain quality through code reviews and metrics. Your exposure to diverse systems will help you make effective choices for architecture and scalability, supporting smoother workflows and enhancing the development process
• We value teamwork and mentorship. In this role, you’ll support colleagues through code reviews and pair programming, helping to strengthen their skills and improve code quality. You’ll also communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams to foster a collaborative environment
• This position encourages you to champion innovative ideas and support others in engaging with new approaches. By sharing context and connecting team members to the broader goals, you’ll help address challenges holistically and contribute to meaningful, systemic improvements and make informed trade offs
• We expect this role and the responsibilities associated with it to grow and change over time. We value agility, and count on your ability to adapt and grow your skills as the team and needs of the project evolve
• As part of the engineering team at Agile Six, support the practice of engineering within the organization as needed, through activities such as help with recruitment and hiring, code challenges, and participating in our community of practice

Skills

• Experience self-organizing: taking ownership of assigning and managing your own work
• Bias to action; you've proactively tried new things of your own volition
• Pragmatic decision-making skills and the ability to weigh and navigate tradeoffs
• A strong sense of experimentation, eager to innovate, using hypothesis-driven development
• You incorporate AI and emerging technologies to boost work efficiency and quality
• Your deep understanding of design patterns and software development principles allows you to apply them effectively across various parts of the software stack, utilizing multiple languages and frameworks
• You thrive in Agile environments, focusing on team success and embodying an Agile mindset throughout your work
• You have lived and worked in the United States for 3 out of the last 5 years
• Development experience in cloud environments like AWS or Azure
• Experience with polyglot programming, using multiple languages, leveraging strengths of each language
• Expertise in continuous integration and deployment systems such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• Familiarity with the U.S. Web Design System
• Experience working with government agencies
• You are a U.S. Veteran

Benefits

• Self-managed work/life balance and flexibility
• Competitive salary
• Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) for all employees!
• 401K matching
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer paid short and long term disability insurance
• Employer paid life insurance
• Self-managed and generous paid time off
• Paid federal holidays and two floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Self-managed professional development spending
• Self-managed wellness days

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