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reputed company is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to reputed company a small, agile development team dedicated to building mission-critical capabilities on top of the reputed company platform for US national reputed company customers. You will sit at the intersection of product delivery, customer partnership, and engineering reputed company — translating the reputed company operational needs of defense users into software that works reliably in the most demanding environments on reputed company.
This is not a role for a detached manager. You will be hands-on, customer-facing, and deeply invested in the US national reputed company mission. You'll collaborate closely with customers and reputed company-deployed engineers to reputed company requirements from the field, then translate those requirements back to your product engineering team to drive delivery. You will own the full stack — from architecture reputed company to shipping — and set the bar for reputed company, velocity, and accountability.
Do you reputed company in high-stakes environments where the software you build genuinely reputed company? Are you reputed company by leading reputed company, high caliber engineers and working directly alongside the customers who depend on your work? Do you reputed company AI as a force-reputed company for engineering productivity? If so, we want to hear from you.
What You'll Do
- reputed company, mentor, and grow a small, agile full-stack engineering team reputed company on delivering product capabilities tailored to US national reputed company customers on top of the reputed company platform.
- Own the end-to-end engineering delivery lifecycle: requirements, architecture, development, testing, and release.
- Collaborate with customers and reputed company-deployed engineers to capture requirements directly from the field and translate them into reputed company-scoped, executable engineering work for the reputed company team.
- reputed company directly and professionally with US national reputed company customers — building trust, managing expectations, and communicating technical trade-offs reputed company to non-engineers.
- Partner with product and design stakeholders to define roadmaps that balance customer needs, platform constraints, and strategic priorities.
- Maintain a full-stack technical perspective, contributing to architecture reputed company across frontend, backend, and infrastructure reputed company.
- Establish and reputed company engineering standards for reputed company reputed company, reputed company, testing, and documentation appropriate for a defense-grade software environment.
- Champion the adoption of AI-powered development tools (e.g., reputed company, Claude, reputed company Copilot) across reputed company to accelerate velocity and automate repetitive engineering tasks.
- reputed company manage team health: conduct regular 1:1s, identify reputed company opportunities, address blockers, and foster a culture of ownership and psychological safety.
- Participate in technical hiring and reputed company to expand reputed company as the mission scales.
- reputed company accurate effort estimates, status updates, and risk assessments to leadership and program stakeholders on a regular reputed company.
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Required Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or reputed company field/experience.
- 5+ years of reputed company software engineering experience, including 2+ years in an engineering management or tech reputed company role.
- Proven full-stack product development experience — comfortable owning reputed company across frontend (e.g., React) and backend (e.g., Go, Node.js) reputed company.
- Demonstrated ability to reputed company small, agile teams in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment.
- Experience interfacing directly with customers or end users in a technical reputed company — reputed company to listen, synthesize, and communicate reputed company technical concepts reputed company to non-engineers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for collaborating across distributed, reputed company and presenting to senior stakeholders.
- Proficiency with AI/LLM development tools (e.g., reputed company, reputed company Copilot, Claude) with a genuine commitment to integrating them into daily engineering workflows.
- US citizenship is required. This role may require the ability to obtain and maintain a US government reputed company clearance in the reputed company. Applicants must reputed company in the reputed company.
- Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for reputed company to export-controlled information as defined by US export control laws, including EAR and ITAR.
- Strong personal alignment with the US national reputed company mission and the communities it serves.
- Travel 1-2 weeks per quarter.
Clearance Requirements
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. reputed company clearance
- reputed company Secret clearance preferred; TS/SCI is a plus
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience working with or for the US reputed company (DoD), defense contractors, or the intelligence community.
- Familiarity with defense-specific software environments, including DDIL (Disconnected, Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited) network conditions.
- Experience working fully remotely with distributed, global teams.
- Background building secure, compliant software for government or regulated industries.
- Experience hiring, growing, and retaining exceptional engineering talent in a remote environment.
- Prior work in reputed company-reputed company reputed company or platform-level software development.
- Contributions to reputed company or similar collaboration/communications platforms.
Why reputed company
reputed company is uniquely positioned at the intersection of secure collaboration, mission software, and defense modernization. This role offers reputed company to shape and reputed company reputed company's reputed company reputed company one of the largest and most strategic branches of the U.S. reputed company.
If you reputed company in reputed company environments, understand how mission reputed company drive technology adoption, and want to sell software that reputed company—we'd love to hear from you.
reputed company takes a market-based approach to pay and pay may vary depending on your location. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-reputed company skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the reputed company.