Lead Software Engineer - Secret-Cleared (DoD/Defense)

Inabia-Software-; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Inabia-Software- in Herndon, Virginia, seeks an experienced Lead Software Engineer to drive architecture, product deliveries, and modernization across aerospace, defense, and mission‑critical software solutions.

You will provide technical leadership, own software products, and guide teams through the full lifecycle—from requirements and design to development, testing, deployment, and sustainment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Graduate degree with years of experience or 13 years of related work.
• Active Secret Clearance required for roles.
• Experience across full software development lifecycle.
• Strong architecture and system design capabilities.
• Experience in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and ownership of software products.
• Support multiple product deliveries and system modernization efforts.
• Contribute across requirements, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment.

Skills

Technical leadership

Ownership mindset

Full SDLC experience

Software architecture

System design

Agile practices

DoD/SCADA/telecommunications exposure

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

13 years relevant experience (in lieu of degree)

Tools

Java

C++

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS GovCloud / cloud

CI/CD pipelines

Linux development

Job description

Inabia-Software- in Herndon, Virginia, seeks an experienced Lead Software Engineer to drive architecture, product deliveries, and modernization across aerospace, defense, and mission‑critical software solutions.

You will provide technical leadership, own software products, and guide teams through the full lifecycle—from requirements and design to development, testing, deployment, and sustainment.