Key Responsibilities - Lead engineering efforts that span multiple teams or product areas, including major re-architectures, new platform capabilities, and cross-cutting reliability or security programs
- Serve as a key technical partner for program leadership, product management, and cross-functional leads
- Design and drive implementation of large-scale architectures: platform components, shared libraries, major system migrations, and cross-product integrations
- Apply deep expertise across the full stack-backend, frontend, data, and infrastructure-to navigate complex performance, scalability, reliability, and security tradeoffs
- Drive improvements in core engineering practices across multiple teams: testing strategy, observability, CI/CD pipelines, coding standards, and security posture
- Identify and reduce unnecessary technical fragmentation by harmonizing patterns, tooling, and shared standards across engineering groups
- Own cross-team technical outcomes with minimal direction, anticipating long-term risk and downstream impact before they become urgent
- Coach Staff and Senior engineers to run their own domains effectively and grow into broader technical leaders
- Represent engineering in high-level technical discussions about roadmap priorities, architectural tradeoffs, and organizational investment decisions
- Lead multi-team initiatives from concept to rollout, aligning multiple engineering groups around shared goals and compatible designs
- Recognize systemic weaknesses,test fragility, performance gaps, security posture, developer experience-and design programs to address them at scale
Required Qualifications - Exceptional proficiency across multiple software engineering domains: distributed systems, API design, data architecture, frontend or backend development, and platform engineering
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-team technical initiatives from concept through production at organizational scale, with measurable impact on reliability, performance, or engineering velocity
- Deep expertise in large-scale system design, platform architecture, and cross-cutting technical strategy spanning multiple stacks and deployment environments
- Strong track record of driving cross-team engineering improvements in testing, observability, CI/CD, security, or shared infrastructure
- Proven ability to identify and resolve systemic technical risks and fragmentation across multiple codebases and teams
- Demonstrated success coaching and developing Staff-level engineers into broader technical leaders
- Excellent technical communication skills: ability to influence and align multiple engineering teams behind shared architectural decisions, patterns, and standards
- Experience navigating cross-team organizational dynamics and delivering technical outcomes across reporting boundaries without formal authority
Preferred Qualifications - Experience designing or owning shared platforms, internal developer tooling, or cross-cutting infrastructure components used across multiple product teams
- Background in large-scale system migrations, performance engineering programs, or multi-year reliability initiatives
- Deep familiarity with DoD, intelligence community, or federal software delivery and security standards including RMF, NIST 800-53, or STIG compliance
- Experience managing architectural technical debt at scale and driving simplification programs across large, complex codebases
- History of developing Staff-level technical talent through direct coaching, structured mentorship, or technical leadership programs
- Contributions to engineering strategy, hiring, or technical community beyond immediate team scope
- External recognition as a technical leader: publications, conference presentations, open-source project ownership, or standards contributions
Required Experience and Education: - PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 6+ years of software engineering or related experience, OR
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 8+ years of software engineering or related experience, OR
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 10+ years of software engineering or related experience, OR
- Associate degree in a related field and 12+ years of software engineering or related experience, OR
- High School Diploma/GED and 14+ years of software engineering or related experience.
Location RequirementColorado Springs, CO • Washington, DC • Dallas, TX • Salt Lake City, UT
- Colorado Springs is our HQ with an established office - 3-4 days on-site per week.
- DC, Dallas, and Salt Lake City-based roles will be remote until offices are established there, and then will require 3-4 days on-site.
You use modern AI tools with judgment: integrating them into workflows where they're impactful, reviewing their outputs, and handling proprietary or sensitive data responsibly.
Salary Range (CO)
$150,000-$210,000 USD
Clearance Requirement: This position may require an active TS/SCI Clearance. Current clearance holders are strongly encouraged to apply. If you don't currently hold one, Bluestaq will sponsor eligible candidates through the clearance process based on program needs.
Relocation: Relocation assistance is available for full-time positions.
What We Offer:For full-time positions
- 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
- Up to 6% match to 401(k) contributions with additional discretionary 4% profit share on day one. Roth options available; no vesting period.
- Every role is eligible for an annual performance bonus
- $200,000 employer-paid life insurance, plus short- and long-term disability coverage
- $5,000 annual professional development budget per employee
- 20 days PTO, plus 8 paid holidays
- Pet insurance, onsite gym, and flexible schedule
Applications will be accepted for 60 days beyond the posting date, or until the position is filled, whichever comes first.
