Principal Engineer, Solutions Architecture

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

📋 Description

• Diagnose prior to development: Assess customer requirements and program objectives to uncover the core issue, rather than merely the stated request, and create solutions that align with mission goals.

• Architect across the entire stack: Design comprehensive solutions — from data modeling to API and UI — that are scalable, maintainable, and fit the constraints of large, complex government programs.

• Utilize agentic AI as a force multiplier: Employ advanced agentic AI tools to rapidly prototype, extend, and integrate new functionalities into existing code bases, significantly reducing the gap between concept and operational system.

• Address high-impact, ambiguous challenges: Make swift, impactful contributions to strategically important projects, often engaging with programs that have incomplete requirements and shaping them into a coherent technical strategy.

• Bridge communication gaps: Work collaboratively with development teams, stakeholders, and technical leads to identify pain points in current systems, propose innovative solutions, and build consensus around the appropriate architecture.

• Navigate fluidly across programs: Transition effortlessly between initiatives, applying technical and design judgment to prioritize the most impactful projects.

• Complete the integration cycle: Facilitate integrations, tackle technical challenges, and adhere to development schedules within multidisciplinary teams.

• Build with the mission in mind, not just the ticket: Ensure adherence to security protocols, government standards, and industry best practices across all projects.

• Enhance your impact through documentation: Document technical solutions, design rationale, and architectural decisions to facilitate knowledge transfer between teams and programs.

• Validate the design, not merely the code: Conduct thorough testing to ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of updated or newly designed systems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Active Secret clearance

• 3–5 years of experience with full-stack development in a production environment.

• Demonstrated solutions-oriented mindset: Proven experience in transforming ambiguous requirements into a technical design or architecture, rather than just executing predefined tickets.

• Experience with agentic AI coding tools: Demonstrated expertise in using tools to enhance existing code stacks at scale.

• Proven full-stack development background: At least 3–5 years of experience in developing, maintaining, and enhancing front-end and back-end systems.

• Proficient in at least one back-end language (Python preferred) and one front-end framework/tool (TypeScript preferred).

• Experience in designing and utilizing RESTful APIs for system integration.

• Strong foundational knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB).

• Comfortable working in agile environments and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

• Proficiency in version control: Git (GitLab preferred).

• Experience with testing, security, DevSecOps, and CI/CD processes.

• Strong communication and persuasive skills: Capable of presenting a technical solution to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders and justifying the "why" behind an architecture, not just the "how."

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary with high fringe benefits for full-time employees.