# Staff Software Architect

Company Overview Red 6 is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology startup leading the way in synthetic air combat training. Our primary technology, supporting our ATARS product, enables pilots to simulate the cognitive challenges of flying while accessing realistic, scalable training in dynamic outdoor environments. The Role Red 6 is seeking a Staff Software Architect (Level 4) to join our dynamic team in Louisville, CO or Santa Monica, CA. This individual contributor role is responsible for defining, implementing, and evolving software architectures across Red 6’s Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS) product portfolio and future software platforms. The Staff Software Architect works closely with Engineering leadership, Product Management, Chief Engineer(s), Systems Engineering, and Program teams to deliver scalable, secure, maintainable, and mission-ready software. The role provides hands-on architectural definition across real-time graphics, embedded software, edge computing, AI-enabled capabilities, cloud services, mission applications, simulation, and aircraft integration. This role also involves back-end code development for open mission systems, real tim

- **Id**: 1256937
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/red-6-staff-software-architect>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Santa Monica, United States, Denver, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-25T17:41:22Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-25
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T05:45:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 48
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6733
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Training, Virtual & Augmented Reality

## Company

- **Id**: 688778
- **Name**: Red 6
- **Domain**: red6ar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/red6ar>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary

- **Min**: 150000
- **Max**: 190000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 190000

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **DO-178C** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **MBSE** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **Computer Vision** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 48

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-25T19:21:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 59
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.785
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 47
- **Expected fill days**: 61
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 190000
- **Is top pay**: no

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