Technical Lead (Defense)

Airspace Intelligence; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Airspace Intelligence leads the defense-focused technology landscape, driving critical decisions across aviation and national security domains. As a Technical Lead on the Defense team, you will guide a small engineering group, stay hands-on, and help ship complex software from design through delivery.

The role emphasizes transforming ambiguous requirements into concrete software, leveraging Rust and Python, and collaborating with cross-functional teams and customers to ensure operational

Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language; Rust and Python are used.
• Experience with LLM tools to accelerate development and improve code quality.
• Ability to collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to turn requirements into shipped software.
• Comfort working independently in a fast-paced environment and drive work to completion.
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn customers' domain and anticipate needs.
• Ability to travel
• Ability to obtain security clearance

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of engineers from design through delivery on defense-focused projects.
• Hands-on work shaping new products from scratch (0 to 1) and evolving existing systems (1 to n).
• Set the standard for technical excellence while collaborating with platform engineers, domain experts, deployment strategists, and end users.
• Drive work to completion in a fast-paced, autonomous environment.
• Help customers and internal teams clarify and translate requirements into shipped software.

Skills

Rust

Python

LLM tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Job description

ASI's mission-critical technology powers decision-making across aviation, defense, energy, and other critical infrastructure domains. Backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, and Renegade Partners, ASI delivers operational decision superiority—compressing days of analysis into seconds of action. ASI is leading the way and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

What you will do:

As a Technical Lead on the Defense team, you'll lead a small team of engineers while staying hands-on, guiding implementation from design through delivery. Your work will span building innovative products from scratch (0 to 1) and evolving existing systems as they scale (1 to n). You'll operate in a fast-paced environment where you'll help set the standard for technical excellence, working alongside a cross-functional team of platform engineers, domain experts, deployment strategists, and end users. You'll solve real problems that make a difference — putting better decision-making platforms in operators' hands and improving the safety of our airspace.

What we value:

Proficiency in at least one modern programming language. We work in Rust and Python and expect you to have the foundation to quickly learn these languages.

Proficient in leveraging modern LLM tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality.

Ability to partner across teams and directly with customers, turning ambiguous requirements into shipped software.

Comfort operating independently in a fast-paced and dynamic environment - driving work to completion without waiting for direction.

Curiosity and a desire to grow, including learning our customers' domain deeply enough to anticipate their needs.

Ability to travel.

Ability to obtain security clearance.

How we hire:

We look at the interview process not as a screening or test, but rather as an opportunity to simulate what it would look like working together. We build the interview process around you.

ASI works with export controlled technology and restricted U.S. Government data, including on contracts mandating U.S. immigration status and location restrictions for performing personnel. Employment offers are contingent on ability to timely obtain all required authorizations for contemplated job duties.