[Remote] Engineer Lead
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ad Hoc LLC is a technology company that delivers scalable digital services for government organizations, including services supporting Veterans and their families. The Engineering Lead provides technical leadership and people management across engineering teams, guiding architecture and delivery while mentoring engineers and managing hiring, performance, and career development. The role also partners with cross-functional stakeholders, supports client-facing activities, and contributes to technical planning and proposals.
Responsibilities
- Partner with program and engineering leadership to help define technical direction and support successful program delivery
- Develop a strong understanding of program scope, schedule, cost, and contractual delivery requirements and communicate priorities clearly to engineering team members
- Provide technical leadership and direction across one or more engineering teams
- Guide technical decisions involving Java, Spring, APIs, microservices, and modern software architecture
- Coach, mentor, and develop engineers while establishing clear expectations and supporting individual growth and career development
- Manage employee performance, including regular feedback, performance reviews, development planning, and addressing performance concerns when necessary
- Support hiring, onboarding, team development, timecard reviews, and PTO management
- Lead and continuously improve engineering processes, identifying gaps and implementing practices that improve quality, collaboration, and delivery
- Partner with Product, Design, Program Management, and other stakeholders to evaluate technical solutions and clearly communicate tradeoffs, risks, and dependencies
- Translate complex technical challenges, architectural decisions, and engineering roadmaps for both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Create and present technical documentation, system designs, architecture decisions, program updates, delivery risks, and future engineering priorities
- Represent the engineering practice in discussions with program leadership, customers, and other stakeholders
- Participate in client-facing activities such as technical demonstrations, strategic planning, and technical discussions as needed
- Contribute to proposal development, technical solutioning, and bid-writing activities as needed
- Participate in candidate interviews and support the development and evaluation of technical assessments
Skills
- Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of relevant software engineering experience
- Strong technical background in Java, Spring, APIs, and microservices architecture
- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, providing technical direction, and overseeing software delivery
- 2+ years of experience mentoring, coaching, or developing engineers
- Experience leading and coordinating engineering work to meet delivery objectives
- Extensive experience across the software development lifecycle, including software design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support
- Experience working directly with customers, clients, or program stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts, decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical audiences
- Demonstrated ability to balance technical priorities with program and delivery requirements
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, now or in the future
- Must be able to successfully obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance
- Experience supporting federal government programs or working within a government contracting environment
- Understanding of federal government contracting requirements, regulations, and delivery expectations
- Experience leading engineering teams delivering digital services or modernizing legacy systems
- Experience working within cross-functional teams that include Engineering, Product, Design, and Program Management
- Experience contributing to technical proposals, solutioning, bid development, or client presentations
- Experience supporting technical planning and decision-making within programs operating against defined scope, schedule, cost, and contractual requirements
Benefits
- This is a remote position.
- Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
- Employee Assistance Program
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