Staff Software Engineer - Front End (Remote)

This is a remote with heavy travel during the first 3-6 months

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people's needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We've helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we're also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Primary Responsibilities:

Staff Software Engineer - Front End Engineer will create the intelligent, responsive interfaces that transform how Americans interact with public health information in the digital age. They'll build user experiences that seamlessly blend traditional content with AI-powered features. This may include displaying chatbot responses in an accessible conversational UI, visualizing health data that updates in real-time, or creating smart forms that adapt based on user input. This engineer will tackle unique challenges like rendering AI-generated content with appropriate confidence indicators, building interfaces that gracefully handle uncertain or evolving health information, and ensuring that complex features remain usable for people with varying technical and health literacy levels. Working closely with the AI/ML team, they'll implement frontend patterns for streaming responses, error states for AI features, and feedback mechanisms that improve model performance. Their work ensures the interface responds instantly, displays information clearly, and maintains the trust in public health digital experiences, all while preparing the frontend architecture to accommodate future AI capabilities that haven't been invented yet. Primary expectations of a Staff Software Engineer - Front End include:

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  Plans and executes on roadmaps for new projects without explicit guidance and direction from technical supervisors

  
  
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  Actively participates in conversations and planning sessions with partners and key stakeholders

  
  
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  Periodically travels to work with and present to clients, partners, and stakeholders

  
  
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  Elaborates on and evolves complex and ambiguous products to uncover constraints and new opportunities

  
  
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  Reduces ambiguity in the systems they work with, including adding documentation, refactoring, and automated testing

  
  
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  Effectively communicates on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they've been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially client-facing communications

  
  
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  Participates in technical depth interviews with new candidates

  
  
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  Presents on technical topics effectively, articulating implementation complexity and other costs to inform business decisions

  
  

Basic Qualifications:

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  Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of engineering experience

  
  
  
  
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    Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education

    
    
  
  
  
  

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  Content management systems expertise - Drupal and Wordpress preferred

  
  
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  Experience with React with TypeScript (including hooks, context, and modern patterns) - For building complex, type-safe interfaces that can handle dynamic AI-generated content, real-time updates, and interactive health tools

  
  
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  Experience with USWDS (U.S. Web Design System) with responsive design frameworks - Federal requirement that ensures accessibility while building interfaces that may need to display AI responses, data visualizations, and multi-format content

  
  
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  Experience with State management and async data handling (Redux Toolkit, React Query, or SWR) - Critical for managing complex application states that may include streaming AI responses, real-time health data, and user interaction history

  
  
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  Practical AWS exposure, focusing on using services like S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, EC2, and CloudFront to build scalable, performant UIs, demonstrating ability to move beyond just basic console use to implement real solutions for complex customer problems

  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Astro - Modern static site generator favored by efficiency-focused teams, excellent for content-heavy sites with selective interactivity
• Experience with WebSocket/SSE implementation - For potential real-time features like live AI chat responses, streaming updates, or collaborative features for public health

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join

Benefits:

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $135,000 - $150,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.