Staff Engineer-Software Engineer

The Mission Starts Here

The Inc Lab  engineers and delivers intelligent digital applications and platforms that revolutionize how our customers and mission-critical teams achieve success.

We are where innovation meets purpose; and where your career can meet purpose as well. We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Software Engineering team. This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for driving architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable software solutions for the Department of Defense and U.S. Government customers. As a Staff Engineer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to influence technical strategy and guide the organization toward best practices in software development.

From mission planning to autonomous systems, your work will have a tangible impact on national security and technological advancement. We encourage you to apply and take the first step in joining our dynamic and impactful company.

As a Staff Engineer, you will lead and drive architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable software solutions.

• Define and drive technical strategy, architecture, and design for complex systems.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for software engineering best practices, frameworks, and tools.
• Lead teams but no direct supervisory responsibilities.
• Mentor and coach engineers across multiple teams to elevate technical capabilities.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Lead technical investigations and resolve critical issues in production systems.
• Establish coding standards, review processes, and ensure adherence to security and compliance requirements.
• Evaluate and integrate modern technologies, tools, and frameworks such as VS Code, Type Script, React, Redux, Node.js, NestJS, Electron.js, Cesium.js, Docker, and cloud platforms such as AWS.
• Advocate for continuous improvement in development processes and tooling.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, leveraging advancements to enhance architectural strategies.
• Focus on hands‑on development for the most challenging project components to ensure successful implementation.

• Bachelor's in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role.
• Proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale, distributed systems.
• Hands‑on expertise in modern software development stacks, such as Mongo
  
  DB, Express, React, Node.js, Electron.js, Nest.js, Yjs, Kafka.
• Proficiency in Type Script, Python, JavaScript and cloud platforms like AWS, or Azure.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with Dev Ops practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Gitlab, and automated testing frameworks (e.g., Cypress, Jest, Detox).
• Strong understanding of networking, APIs, and database systems (Couch
  
  DB, SQL and No
  
  SQL).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with a proven ability to lead and mentor teams.
• This is a hybrid position and currently requires three days in office (Tuesday to Thursday) at one of our facilities in Nashville TN, McLean VA or Tampa FL
• Ability to influence technical decisions across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time based on company and customer needs.

• Master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with software systems for Department of Defense projects.
• Demonstrated success in leading teams to develop high-performance, user-centered applications.
• Experience as a military aviator and defense mission planning, or knowledge of navigation software.
• Experience in developing GIS applications.
• Experience developing applications with geospatial visualizations and large data sets
• Experience with…