Software Technical Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead software modernization efforts, focusing on performance and scalability.
• Oversee data migration activities, ensuring compatibility and functional testing.
• Direct the design and development of modern UI/UX to improve usability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including infrastructure, database, and UI engineers, to ensure successful integration and performance.
• Provide constructive feedback during code reviews, promoting high-level software practices.
• Participate in an agile development, providing recommended improvements as needed.
• Collaborate with other product technical leads to identify reusable components/services that enhance efficiency and business value across multiple products.
• Increase product reliability/maintainability through unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Learn and adopt new and emerging technologies, demonstrating a growth mindset and participating in ongoing professional development.
• Mentor junior engineers, fostering professional growth, technical excellence, and collaboration.
• Debug multiple services across a product, identifying root causes and implement fixes.
• Work closely with the Program Manager, clearly communicating tradeoffs between technology options, delivery timelines, and mission priorities.
• Communicate technical progress, risks, and mitigation strategies to government stakeholders and program management.

Requirements

• Master's degree (MA/MA) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Management, or similar degree preferred.
• Four years of experience plus a Bachelor’s degree is acceptable in lieu of a Master’s degree.
• 10+ years of software engineering, including 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience interacting with customers.
• Active Top Secret / Special Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) clearance.
• U.S. citizen required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing GraphQL APIs.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms like AWS GovCloud, Secret, or Top Secret zones.
• Familiarity using Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) environment.
• Experience with graph databases, with SurrealDB/ArangoDB specifically.
• Experience with alternative software testing such as property-based/generative testing, fuzzing, or chaos engineering.
• Experience supporting NASIC, DoD, or Intelligence Community programs.
• Experience with the NASIC Mission Readiness Environment (MRE) or NASIC Unified Cloud (NUC).