Principal Product Engineer

Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required.  Visionist has an exciting new, fully FUNDED opportunity for a Principal Product Engineer on our largest PRIME contract. Our team of Analysts and Engineers is motivated by the direct impact on the mission, crafting specialized tools for enhanced efficiency and quick iterations for our operations user base. Seeing your tools in real-time action brings immediate gratification. This premier program encompasses traditional software services including Systems Design and Engineering, Database Administration, Data Science and Knowledge Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Integration and Test, as well as Operations and Systems Support. The program is characterized by innovation and excitement, fostering meaningful engagements, and offering distinctive collaboration opportunities with users, policy makers, and mission leadership, all while maintaining a service mindset. If you thrive in a collaborative work environment and enjoy utilizing a diverse tech stack, then this opportunity is tailor-made for you! For over 14 years, Visionist has been solving the Intelligence Community's toughest software and analysis challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, we prioritize our people—your job security is assured. We embed small engineering teams with analysts to rapidly identify and solve mission capability gaps playing a critical role in defending our nation’s cyber infrastructure & providing expertise in malware analysis, attribution, mapping adversarial infrastructure, pen testing, and operational planning. Our open-door leadership team fosters a supportive culture, where internal growth and promotion opportunities are the norm. Don’t just take our word for it—check out our 4.8-star review on Glassdoor. Join a company that feels like a family with regular happy hours, baseball games, activity clubs and more. Check us out at www.visionistinc.com.   ----- Your contributions are… 
  - Drive architectural decisions across our full stack, ensuring coherent design from data infrastructure through AI integration to user interfaces
  - Connect technical decisions to business outcomes, ensuring every project builds toward a larger vision
  - Engage directly with customers when needed to understand deep technical requirements and translate them into product direction
  - Participate actively in leadership team discussions, bringing technical depth and product intuition to debates about direction, project prioritization, and strategic decisions
  - Challenge existing approaches and push for continuous improvement in code quality, system design, and product excellence
  - Mentor and influence the broader engineering team through technical leadership and by setting an uncompromising standard for quality
  - Lead by example in writing code that demonstrates best practices while maintaining velocity
  - Foster and participate in intense technical debates that push the team toward better solutions Requirements for your new career…
  - Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline. (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)
  - 12 years of experience in software development
  - Deep expertise in at least two areas of our stack (backend, frontend, data, infrastructure, AI/ML) with working knowledge across all areas
  - Proven track record of designing and implementing complex systems that scale
  - Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into production systems
  - Demonstrated ability to connect technical decisions to business value and user impact
  - Experience with modern development practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability
  - Ability to articulate technical vision to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders Benefits of becoming a Visionist: Your New Career
  - We are a 100% employee-owned company, so our employees see the benefit of their contributions and have a stake in our overall success!
  - Competitive 15% retirement contribution! (5% 401K match & 10% ESOP)
  - 4 weeks paid time off that is never “use or lose”, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, AND flexible work hours
  - 80 hours of paid parental leave with an additional $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity
  - Medical, dental, & vision benefits for both individuals and families (those who waive medical benefits will receive an additional $4,160/year)
  - Annual lifestyle bonus of $600 – use it towards gyms/fitness, new tech, or your HSA!
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