Lead / Senior Software Engineer

Build and operate the system that gets finished geospatial intelligence products from the analysts who produce them to the agencies and partners who need them. We are rebuilding that system end to end right now: a Python 3 / FastAPI service layer and a Django workflow application on OpenShift, a consolidated PostgreSQL data model replacing roughly fifty legacy tables, cloud object storage for raw analyst reports, and human-in-the-loop work queues driving product review, approval, and transfer — delivered across multiple classified networks against firm government milestones.

This is the senior technical seat on that team. You will set the technical direction, own the hardest parts of the architecture, and be the person the government leads talk to when they want to know whether something is real. If you want a role where your architecture decisions ship within the quarter and you can see the mission impact from your desk, this is it.

What You'll Do

• Own technical direction for major components of the platform — service architecture, data model, deployment topology, and the migration path off legacy systemsDesign and build backend services in Python 3 (FastAPI, Django) and the interfaces built on top of them
• Lead consolidation and modernization of the PostgreSQL data model — product tracking, approval audit, schema versioning — and retire legacy code pathsArchitect and build the human-in-the-loop workflow and work-queue capabilities that drive product review, approval, and transfer
• Own the OpenShift / GitLab CI/CD build-and-deploy path, including single-command build and deploy and repeatable release engineering
• Direct and mentor mid-level and junior engineers, set code review standards, and raise the team's test coverage and documentation baseline
• Interface directly with government leads and users for requirements capture, project status, and solution options — you are a technical voice the customer trusts
• Drive delivery against hard program milestones, identify risk early, and propose credible mitigations
• Reduce single-person knowledge concentration by documenting the system as it is rebuilt

What You Must Have

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant technical and leadership responsibility
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field — additional years of directly relevant experience considered in lieu of a degree
• Deep Python 3 expertise and production experience with modern web frameworks (FastAPI, Django, or equivalent)
• Demonstrated architecture ownership — you have designed systems, not just features, and lived with the consequences
• Strong relational database design and performance skills; experience consolidating or migrating a complex legacy schema is a major plus
• Production experience with containers and orchestration (OpenShift, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines
• A track record of working independently and leading others — directing mid-level and junior personnel, running code review, and unblocking a team
• Comfort operating as the direct technical interface to a government customer

Nice to Have

• Prior work in an NGA or Intelligence Community environment; familiarity with GEOINT product workflows
• AWS-to-OpenShift or comparable cloud migration experience
• Legacy modernization at scale — Python 2 → 3, monolith decomposition, multi-decade schema cleanup
• Familiarity with ICD 503 assessment and authorization (ATT → ATO), software approval processes, and delivery across multiple classified networks
• SAFe or another scaled Agile framework; experience running a release train
• Front-end depth (React/TypeScript) to complement the backend
• Comfort with AI-assisted development tooling and setting team norms around it

Compensation

$180,000 – $200,000

About TRIUMVR

TRIUMVR is a Virginia-based, minority-owned Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business building software for the national security mission. We deliver software engineering, AI integration, cloud, and mission-critical systems work for the Intelligence Community, with a deep focus on NGA and the GEOINT enterprise.

Where Innovation Meets Execution.

26 days off per year — 15 days (120 hours) PTO accruing from day one, plus 11 paid federal holidays. Rollover permitted up to a 240-hour cap.

Medical, dental, and vision through CareFirst BCBS (BlueChoice Advantage HSA Silver, BlueDental Plus, BlueVision Plus). No PCP or referrals required.

401(k) administered through Human Interest, with traditional and Roth options and automatic enrollment.

$2,500/year academic and professional development stipend — tuition, certifications, courses, and conferences.

$250/year physical wellness stipend.

BlueRewards incentives (up to $375 for you and $375 for your spouse), Blue365 discounts, and a nurse advice line.

TRIUMVR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.