Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

What you'll do

• Lead significant migration efforts and improve engineering quality through documentation, mentoring, and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with government stakeholders, product teams, and contractors to build and improve web-based systems.
• Design and implement highly scalable, available, and performant application architectures.
• Participate in an agile development process to ship new features efficiently and support production systems via on-call rotation.
• Contribute to hiring activities including referrals, interviews, and code reviews to support team growth.

What you should know

• This role requires working remotely from specific US states and legal authorization to work in the US without visa sponsorship.
• Candidates should be comfortable participating in an on-call rotation to support production systems.
• The position offers opportunities for technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration with government partners.
• Applicants should be self-directed and able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with minimal supervision.
• Nava provides extensive benefits including health coverage, parental leave, sabbaticals, and professional development allowances.

About the company

• Nava is a public benefit corporation focused on making government services simple and effective through technology modernization.
• They serve federal, state, and local agencies, emphasizing human-centered design and public good impact.
• The company values collaboration, empathy, and positive mindset in its engineering culture.
• Nava operates as a consultancy billing for expertise and problem-solving, guiding agencies away from legacy systems.
• They maintain a remote-first, flexible work environment with comprehensive benefits and a supportive culture.

Key required skills

Ruby on RailsRubyJavaScriptAgileScalable architecture