Software Product Lead — Mission-Critical, Flexible Hours

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

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks paid time off

12 paid holidays

401(k) matching

Medical, dental, & vision

Lifestyle bonus

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Job summary

Visionist seeks a Software Product Lead on a funded PRIME contract to guide a critical product across the full SDLC. You will combine hands-on technical work with team leadership, engaging customers and stakeholders to translate mission needs into scalable software solutions.

You will mentor engineers, evaluate AI models and architectures, and drive rapid, responsible delivery while aligning with security and performance targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline; 12 years in software development.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and mentoring staff.
• Experience engaging with customers to gather requirements and drive adoption of technical solutions.
• Production-grade software development in Python, Java, or similar language.

Responsibilities

• Solicit requirements and architect an enterprise agentic platform to power intelligent, autonomous workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, engineers, and cyber analysts to map operational workflows and automate.
• Evaluate AI models, deployment options, and infrastructure for balance of capability, performance, and cost.
• Advise customers on AI investment strategies to maximize mission impact.
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies and promote adoption of innovative capabilities.
• Lead outreach and training to promote AI adoption across user community.
• Coordinate multiple engineering teams by defining requirements, developing solutions, assigning work, and tracking execution.

Skills

Software development

Team leadership

Customer engagement

Python

Java

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Visionist seeks a Software Product Lead on a funded PRIME contract to guide a critical product across the full SDLC. You will combine hands-on technical work with team leadership, engaging customers and stakeholders to translate mission needs into scalable software solutions.

You will mentor engineers, evaluate AI models and architectures, and drive rapid, responsible delivery while aligning with security and performance targets.