Lead Software Engineer

Jobtailor

Arizona

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior software delivery lead to own and evolve the system architecture, drive Agile delivery, and shepherd DevSecOps practices across development, integration, and test environments.

In this on-site role in the United States, you will translate requirements into actionable design, manage supplier deliverables, lead cadence and metrics, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, testable, and auditable software ready for deployment.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field.
Active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance (US citizenship required).
5+ years leading efforts translating requirements into system architecture and designs.
Experience as an Agile Systems or Software Development Team Lead.
5+ years DevSecOps lifecycle experience and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain software architecture with focus on stability and interface clarity.
Partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into software models and artifacts.
Manage supplier/subcontractor software deliverables to meet integration requirements.
Lead the software engineering team’s agile delivery and remove impediments.
Own backlog prioritization and define sprint goals with product owners.
Define and enforce integration contracts, data models, and message definitions.
Ensure software is designed for testability with observability hooks and test artifacts.
Lead DevSecOps and CI/CD practices across environments.
Coordinate delivery cadence with Integration & Test and Systems leads.
Drive verification, test strategies, and defect triage.
Track delivery metrics and coach engineers on agile practices and quality.
Elevate risks to protect integration milestones and ensure readiness.
Document integration results and support design reviews.

Skills

Software Architecture

Agile Delivery Leadership

DevSecOps Lifecycle Experience

CI/CD

Requirements Translation

Test Automation

Delivery Metrics

Coaching and Mentoring

Team Leadership

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance

Tools

Git

Jenkins

JIRA

Collaborator

Beyond Compare

VersionOne

Job description

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the software architecture with focus on interface clarity, stability, and versioning to minimize integration risk, with a focus on production type software that is easily maintainable.
Partner with appropriate stakeholders to inform system definition and oversee translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer, operational and performance requirements and have clear traceability to design, code and test artifacts.
Manage supplier/subcontractor software deliverables to ensure they meet team processes and integration requirements.
Lead the software engineering team’s agile delivery: facilitate sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, sprint reviews/retrospectives, and remove impediments to flow.
Serve as the Agile/Delivery lead for software—own backlog prioritization with product/system owners, define sprint goals, and ensure timely delivery of integration‑ready increments.
Define, document, and enforce software integration contracts (ICDs or equivalent living artifacts), data models, and message definitions in coordination with Integration & Test and Systems leads.
Ensure software is designed for testability: require unit, component, integration, SIL/HIL test artifacts with code deliveries, include observability hooks, and ensure failures are diagnosable.
Lead DevSecOps and CI/CD practices for the team: ensure pipelines support repeatable builds, automated testing, artifact traceability, and consistent deployments across dev, integration, and test environments.
Collaborate with Integration & Test to align delivery cadence to integration increments and controlled configuration baselines.
Drive verification & validation execution for software components: support development of test strategies, analyze test results, and triage defects with the team.
Establish and track delivery metrics (velocity, cycle time, quality metrics, technical debt) and use them to improve predictability and quality.
Coach and mentor engineers on agile practices, test automation, CI/CD, code quality, and observability.
Contribute to risk and issue management that affects software delivery and integration readiness; elevate when necessary to protect integration milestones.
Document integration results, test findings, and provide inputs for design reviews and readiness assessments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
Active Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship
5+ years of experience in leading efforts in analyzing and translating requirements into system architecture, hardware and software designs and interface specifications
Experience as an Agile Systems or Software Development Team Lead
5+ years of experience with the DevSecOps lifecycle
5+ years of experience of DevOps experience (Git, Jenkins, or other CI/CD tools)
5+ years of experience with configuration management and collaboration tools such as (or similar to) Git, JIRA, Collaborator, Beyond Compare, and VersionOne
1+ years of Proficient with scripting/programming languages used for automation and testing (e.g., Python, Bash)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in software architecture, agile delivery, and DevSecOps practices, ensuring integration readiness and quality through effective team leadership and collaboration. Proficient in managing software requirements, testing strategies, and delivery metrics to enhance predictability and performance.

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