Software Engineering Manager IV

Job Summary

GA-Intelligence maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities, including THRESHER and DRAGON SPELL, that process petabytes of data in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground.

Our rapidly growing suite of federal software solutions are used by thousands of intelligence analysts and military personnel around the globe to counter new and emerging threats to national security.

• Serve as the administrative supervisor and "home room" manager for 20-40 software engineers
• Aggregate performance feedback from Solutions/Products technical leaders and execute performance reviews within GA Corporate HR systems
• Establish and maintain career paths specific to software engineering

• Make strategic staffing decisions, assigning engineers to Solution and Product development teams based on business priorities
• Conduct regular check-ins with day-to-day supervisors to discuss employee performance and assignment fit

• Serve as hiring manager for new backend-leaning engineering hires and coordinate with GA Talent Acquisition partners
• Establish function-specific hiring practices for backend-leaning engineering roles
• Train staff on hiring process, particularly technical screens and interview best practices

• Coordinate internal experimentation with emerging technologies, ensuring learnings are shared across teams
• Manage professional development budget allocation for your functional group
• Organize and support communities of interest/excellence for backend engineering topics

• Create and maintain function-relevant onboarding training materials for backend-leaning engineers
• Coordinate structured onboarding training for new hires

• Participate in strategic workforce planning to anticipate future skill needs for backend engineering
• Coordinate with Engineering Enablement Lead on developer experience improvements, tooling, and infrastructure
• Contribute to building a developer-first culture focused on technical excellence
• Work within GA Corporate HR systems, policies, and performance review cycles
• Track and report on key metrics including employee satisfaction, retention, staffing fulfillment, and professional development participation

• Typically requires a bachelors, masters or PhD in engineering or a related technical field as well as thirteen or more years of software engineering experience. Equivalent experience may be substituted in lieu of education
• 8+ years of related experience, including 3+ years in a people management or technical leadership role.
• Strong technical background in software engineering, with demonstrated expertise in relevant technologies (e.g., Java, Python, Go, microservice architectures, databases, APIs, cloud platforms)
• Proven experience managing, mentoring, or leading software engineers
• Track record of developing engineers from junior to senior levels
• Excellent judgment in making staffing and resource allocation decisions
• Experience conducting performance reviews and managing career development
• Demonstrated ability to balance competing priorities and manage stakeholder expectations
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and agile methodologies
• Experience with recruiting and interviewing technical talent
• Ability to build trust and relationships across organizational boundaries
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to influence without direct authority
• Comfort operating in a matrix organization structure
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance required.

• Experience establishing or scaling technical organizations or engineering teams
• Background in multiple technology stacks and architectures
• Familiarity with professional development frameworks and career ladders for engineers
• Previous experience in a matrix organization or similar dual-reporting structure
• Experience navigating corporate HR systems while advocating for technical teams
• Contributions to technical communities (conferences, open source, publications)
• Understanding of government contracting and cleared environments
• Experience with developer productivity metrics and engineering effectiveness
• Strong network in the engineering community for recruiting purposes

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