Lead Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with program and engineering leadership to establish technical direction and facilitate successful program delivery.

• Articulate program scope, timeline, budget, and contractual delivery priorities to engineering teams.

• Offer technical leadership across one or multiple engineering teams.

• Steer technical decisions related to Java, Spring, APIs, microservices, and contemporary software architecture.

• Mentor, coach, and foster the development of engineers.

• Oversee employee performance, feedback, reviews, development planning, hiring, onboarding, timecard assessments, and PTO management.

• Enhance engineering processes, quality, collaboration, and delivery outcomes.

• Work alongside Product, Design, Program Management, customers, and stakeholders to assess technical solutions and convey trade-offs, risks, and dependencies.

• Convert technical challenges, architectural decisions, and engineering roadmaps for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Develop and present technical documentation, system designs, architectural decisions, program updates, delivery risks, and engineering priorities.

• Represent engineering in conversations with leadership, customers, and stakeholders.

• Engage in technical demonstrations, strategic planning, technical discussions, proposal creation, solution development, bid-writing, candidate interviews, and technical assessment evaluations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree accompanied by 9+ years of pertinent software engineering experience.

• Relevant professional experience may replace educational requirements.

• Strong technical expertise in Java, Spring, APIs, and microservices architecture.

• Proven experience leading technical teams, providing technical guidance, and managing software delivery.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in mentoring, coaching, or developing engineers.

• Experience in leading and coordinating engineering efforts to meet delivery goals.

• Comprehensive experience across the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.

• Direct experience working with customers, clients, or program stakeholders.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Capability to balance technical priorities with program and delivery requirements.

• Must possess legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship, now or in the future.

• Must be able to successfully obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.

• Preferred: experience in federal government programs or government contracting.

• Preferred: familiarity with federal contracting requirements, regulations, and delivery expectations.

• Preferred: experience in leading digital-service delivery or legacy modernization initiatives.

• Preferred: experience working in cross-functional teams with Engineering, Product, Design, and Program Management.

• Preferred: involvement in technical proposals, solution development, bid preparation, or client presentations.

• Preferred: experience in technical planning and decision-making within defined scope, schedule, cost, and contractual requirements.

🏝️ 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.

• Remote work environment and flexible work arrangements.