VP of Engineering

Description

The company builds software for the federal government, bringing quality digital products to agencies and the people they serve.

The company is small enough for you to make a large impact and values learning and growth.

This role leads and grows the engineering practice across the federal digital modernization portfolio, applying commercial product practices within federal delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering across multiple federal programs with more than 100 engineers, setting standards and consistency, including how teams adopt and use agentic AI tools.
• Make hiring, promotion and development decisions, keeping a high bar and growing people with potential.
• Build and maintain the engineering career ladder, covering skill levels, growth paths, mentorship, certifications, continuing education and promotion criteria.
• Coach Tech Leads on both technical and management work.
• Work with Program Managers, Tech Leads and VPs so programs deliver sound, high-quality technical solutions.
• Get hands-on when needed, whether in architecture, a hard technical problem or a prototype.
• Set technical strategy across the portfolio to improve performance, tooling and delivery.
• Track AI/ML, cloud platform engineering and developer productivity, and turn them into practical advantages for clients.
• Support growth and capture work through solutioning, proposal reviews and technical viability assessments.
• Represent the company's engineering capabilities to clients and at industry events, and provide thought leadership inside and outside the company.

Requirements

• Experience leading engineering organizations, with substantial time in federal contracting.
• Strongly preferred: commercial, product or other non-government industry experience, and a clear way to bring those lessons into federal delivery.
• Hands-on technical credibility: you mostly guide and enable teams, but can go deep when required.
• A track record of building technical culture, career development programs and high-performing engineering teams.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery, DevSecOps and cloud modernization in federal settings.
• A collaborative leadership style that builds alignment and empowers teams rather than enforcing one way of working.
• Experience forming partnerships and driving technical change with government clients.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical ideas to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree.
• You must be authorized to work in the United States. Some roles may also require U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation and a security clearance.

Conditions

Fully remote.

United States wage range: $200,000 to $250,000. Pay is set competitively and fairly in line with state legal requirements, and the actual offer depends on job category, job location and candidate skill level.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on protected characteristics, including veteran status and disability.

Benefits

• Annual stipend.
• A comprehensive benefits package.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Flexible paid time off and paid holidays.