Lead Software Engineer

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What Impact You'll Have</strong></span></p> <p>We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide a high-performing development team on a mission-enabling program with high impact on National Security. This role blends hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and cross-functional coordination. You will serve as the developer point of contact for design discussions, customer engagements, and Chief Engineer reviews while continuing to contribute directly to architecture, development, and delivery.</p> <p>This position is ideal for a senior engineer/developer ready to step into broader ownership — leading by example, mentoring teammates, and shaping the technical direction of a rapidly evolving product line.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You'll be Owning</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Serve as the development team’s POC for engineering, design, and architecture meetings; represent the team in cross functional technical discussions.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Design, implement, test, and deploy full stack features using modern frameworks and cloud-native patterns.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Develop CONOPs, user guides, release notes, and technical artifacts supporting software delivery and stakeholder adoption</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Guide junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and structured skill development.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Partner with test engineering teams to ensure functionality, usability, performance, and reliability meet product expectations.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate with Chief Engineers, Product Owners, and customer stakeholders to align feature development with organizational goals and delivery schedules.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Assist with staffing, onboarding, and team structure decisions; help maintain a healthy engineering culture.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Produce monthly summaries highlighting progress, risks, mitigations, and upcoming milestones.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Host stakeholder demos, present product designs, and communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Identify opportunities to improve development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, documentation, and team efficiency.</li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;">Contribute to long-term architecture planning, technology selection, and product evolution strategies.</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You Mus