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This role blends hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and cross-functional coordination. You will serve as the developer point of contact for design discussions, customer engagements, and Chief Engineer reviews while continuing to contribute directly to architecture, development, and delivery.\nThis position is ideal for a senior engineer/developer ready to step into broader ownership - leading by example, mentoring teammates, and shaping the technical direction of a rapidly evolving product line.\nWhat You'll be Owning\nServe as the development team’s POC for engineering, design, and architecture meetings; represent the team in cross functional technical discussions.\nDesign, implement, test, and deploy full stack features using modern frameworks and cloud-native patterns.\nDevelop CONOPs, user guides, release notes, and technical artifacts supporting software delivery and stakeholder adoption\nGuide junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and structured skill development.\nPartner with test engineering teams to ensure functionality, usability, performance, and reliability meet product expectations.\nCollaborate with Chief Engineers, Product Owners, and customer stakeholders to align feature development with organizational goals and delivery schedules.\nAssist with staffing, onboarding, and team structure decisions; help maintain a healthy engineering culture.\nProduce monthly summaries highlighting progress, risks, mitigations, and upcoming milestones.\nHost stakeholder demos, present product designs, and communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.\nIdentify opportunities to improve development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, documentation, and team efficiency.\nContribute to long-term architecture planning, technology selection, and product evolution strategies.\nWhat You Must Have\nActive TS/SCI w/polygraph\n7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including full-stack development\nStrong proficiency in modern web frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue), backend languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, Django), and RESTful API design\nDemonstrated ability to lead technical discussions, drive consensus, and make architectural decisions\nGrowth mindset - ability to tackle complex technical issues with patience, positivity, and a forward-looking perspective that keeps the team focused and productive\nProven experience mentoring engineers and improving team capability\nFamiliarity with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices\nExcellent communication skills - able to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences\nAbility to work in fast-paced, customer-facing environments with evolving requirements\nWhat Would be Nice to Have\nExperience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)\nExperience working with government or defense customers\nBackground in distributed systems, microservices, or event-driven architectures\nExperience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)\nPrior involvement in staffing, interviewing, or team-building activities\nExperience hosting demos, conducting design reviews, or presenting to executive stakeholders\nKnowledge of telecommunications protocols, packet capture tools and methodologies\nPay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors-such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.\nWe’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.\nOur benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.\nThe pay range for this position is: $177,680 - $212,254\nPay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors-such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.\nWe’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.\nOur benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.\nVirginia Pay Range\n$177,680—$212,254 USD\nWhy Choose GRVTY\nThe toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.\nWe partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense-including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.\nAt GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.\n Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision \n Health Savings Account with company contribution \n Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays \n Paid Parental Leave \n 401k with generous company match \n Training and Development Opportunities \n Award Programs \n Variety of Company Sponsored Events\nEEO Statement\nGRVTY, 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. \nAnyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email  or call 703-544-7930 with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.\nKnow Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (eeoc.gov) \nPlease review our current job openings and apply for the positions you believe may be a fit. 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