Chief Architect

About the role

Join ClearEdge and be part of a mission-focused team solving some of the DoD’s most complex technical challenges. Every day, ClearEdge supports government and industry customers by delivering innovative solutions that enable critical operations and mission success. ClearEdge offers an extremely competitive benefits package—including a $10k annual training and education benefit, a 10% 401(k) contribution fully vested on day one, annual health and technology allowances, and access to a state-of-the-art technology lab.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction and architecture for one of our core AI-enabled products, supporting deployment across multiple customer environments, including hybrid and air-gapped networks.
• Lead architectural decisions for workflow, compliance, and dashboard capabilities, working across engineering teams to keep the platform modular, secure, and extensible as it scales to new customers.
• Prototype new AI capabilities using frontier LLMs and agentic architectures, leading multi-team technical efforts.
• Represent the platform's capabilities to leadership and prospective customers.

Requirements

• Experienced leading architecture for complex, multi-team software efforts.
• Fluent in AI-native development: frontier LLMs, agentic architectures, RAG and vector stores.
• Skilled in full-stack, layered system design, including hybrid and air-gapped deployment.
• Comfortable prototyping and evaluating new technical approaches.
• Capable of translating business objectives into durable architectural decisions.
• Experienced mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across teams.
• Confident presenting technical direction to leadership, prospects, and customers.
• Capable of balancing customer-specific requests with the platform's long-term direction.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance; U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or similar (4 years of experience may substitute).
• 15+ years of IT experience.
• Experience with Generative AI: frontier LLMs, AI-native IDEs, RAG and vector stores, agentic AI principles (orchestration, sub-agents, agent protocols).
• Experience deploying complex systems across hybrid and air-gapped environments.
• Experience across the full software development lifecycle.

Skills

• Strong written and oral communication skills, including briefings for internal and external leadership.

Benefits

• A $10k annual training and education benefit.
• A 10% 401(k) contribution fully vested on day one.
• Annual health and technology allowances.
• Access to a state-of-the-art technology lab.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time.