VP of Engineering

Role overview Lead and scale engineering practices across a portfolio of federal digital modernization programs, supporting an organization of more than 100 engineers. Set technical direction and raise delivery quality while adapting proven product and commercial engineering approaches to federal environments. The position balances organization wide leadership with hands-on technical guidance when complex architecture or delivery challenges require it.

Responsibilities - Establish consistent engineering standards and practices across programs, including effective adoption of agentic AI tools. - Make engineering talent decisions, develop high performers and emerging leaders, and maintain strong team standards. - Partner with program leaders and technical leads to improve solution quality and delivery outcomes. - Guide technical strategy across the portfolio, identifying improvements in architecture, performance, tooling, and delivery. - Build career paths, mentorship, continuing education, certification, and promotion frameworks; coach technical leads. - Contribute technical expertise to proposals, solution design, client discussions, and industry thought leadership.

Requirements - Deep experience leading engineering organizations, including meaningful experience in federal contracting. - Hands-on technical credibility and a record of building strong engineering cultures, teams, and career development programs. - Strong understanding of Agile delivery, DevSecOps, and cloud modernization in federal settings. - Ability to build partnerships and drive technical change with government clients. - Collaborative leadership and clear communication with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders. - Bachelor’s degree and authorization to work in the United States; some contract work may require U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation and security clearance.

Nice to have - Commercial, product, or other industry experience that can inform federal delivery. - Familiarity with AI/ML, cloud platform engineering, and developer productivity practices.

Benefits and work setup - Fully remote work, an annual stipend, comprehensive benefits, employer matched 401(k), flexible paid time off, and paid holidays.