Senior Software Product Lead - Security-Cleared & AI-Driven

Visionist, Inc.; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employee-owned

Retirement contribution 15% (5% 401K +

4 weeks PTO + 12 holidays

80 hrs parental leave + $8k supplement

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Annual lifestyle bonus $600

Performance-based bonuses

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. is seeking a Software Product Lead on a fully funded, high-impact PRIME contract. You will combine hands-on technical leadership with team guidance across the full SDLC, from customer engagement through sustainment.

You will lead engineering teams, translate mission needs into technical solutions, and drive rapid iteration and practical innovation while ensuring delivery of capabilities that matter to national security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree).
• 12 years of experience in software development.
• Experience building, leading, and mentoring engineering teams with diverse technical backgrounds.
• Experience engaging with customers and end users to gather requirements and drive adoption.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining production applications serving hundreds to thousands of users.
• Production-grade software development in Python, Java, or similar languages.
• Ability to architect, develop, and deploy software systems from concept through production.
• Experience with Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Familiarity with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Solicit requirements and architect an enterprise agentic platform for intelligent, autonomous workflows.
• Work with stakeholders, engineers, and cyber analysts to understand operational workflows and automation opportunities.
• Evaluate AI models and deployment architectures to balance capability, performance, and cost.
• Advise customers on AI investments and resource allocation to maximize mission impact.
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies and promote adoption of innovations.
• Conduct outreach and training to promote AI capabilities across the user community.
• Lead and coordinate multiple engineering teams by defining requirements, developing solutions, and tracking execution.

Skills

Technical leadership

Customer engagement

Python/Java

Cloud & containers

CI/CD

Architecture & deployment

Git/Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Visionist, Inc. is seeking a Software Product Lead on a fully funded, high-impact PRIME contract. You will combine hands-on technical leadership with team guidance across the full SDLC, from customer engagement through sustainment.

You will lead engineering teams, translate mission needs into technical solutions, and drive rapid iteration and practical innovation while ensuring delivery of capabilities that matter to national security.