Fullstack Backend Engineer
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This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Fullstack Backend Engineer in United States. This role sits within a mission-driven, cross-functional agile environment focused on improving digital experiences for Veterans managing healthcare appointments.
About this role
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Fullstack Backend Engineer in United States.
This role sits within a mission-driven, cross-functional agile environment focused on improving digital experiences for Veterans managing healthcare appointments. You will contribute to a high-impact platform that simplifies scheduling, notifications, travel reimbursement, and post-visit workflows across multiple systems. Working in a fully remote, self-managed team, you will collaborate closely with engineers, designers, and stakeholders to deliver accessible, user-centered solutions. The role blends backend and frontend responsibilities, with a strong emphasis on Ruby on Rails and React. You will help shape scalable architectures, improve system reliability, and continuously enhance performance across services. Beyond coding, you will participate in a culture of shared ownership, experimentation, and continuous improvement, where every contribution directly affects millions of users.
Accountabilities:
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using modern frameworks, primarily Ruby on Rails, while contributing to frontend development in React/JavaScript.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, resolve technical challenges, and deliver end-to-end solutions across complex systems.
- Participate in architectural decisions, applying design patterns, scalability principles, and best practices to ensure system quality and maintainability.
- Conduct code reviews, engage in pair programming, and support peers in improving engineering practices and code quality.
- Troubleshoot production issues, optimize system performance, and contribute to continuous improvement of engineering workflows.
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to align on goals and ensure shared understanding.
- Leverage AI-powered development tools responsibly to accelerate coding, testing, and debugging while maintaining oversight of outputs.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Strong expertise in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React, along with testing frameworks such as RSpec and React Testing Library.
- Experience working across complex, distributed systems and integrating multiple services and APIs.
- Ability to self-organize, prioritize work, and take ownership of end-to-end delivery.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and system scalability principles.
- Experience in Agile environments with a focus on collaboration, experimentation, and iterative delivery.
- Familiarity with services-oriented architectures and cross-team system integrations.
- Comfort using AI development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT) to support software delivery.
- Strong communication skills and a proactive, collaborative mindset.
- Must have lived and worked in the United States for at least 3 of the last 5 years; travel may be required occasionally.
- Competitive fixed salary of $129,233 with transparent, non-negotiable compensation structure
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for all employees
- 401(k) with employer matching
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Flexible, self-managed work-life balance and fully remote work environment
- Generous paid time off, federal holidays, and floating holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Professional development, wellness days, and continuous learning support
- Inclusive culture centered on autonomy, trust, and self-management.