Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Senior Manager, Software Engineering – Principal Software Engineer

Every day, our team members do amazing things in pursuit of our shared purpose to build trust with our clients, partners, subcontractors, and teammates. No matter your background, education, or career path, if you share our vision to create extraordinary experiences, you belong at HITT.

Agentic Development & Technical Leadership

• Architect and build HITT’s first AI‑native applications and agentic workflows end to end, writing production code daily alongside AI coding agents.
• Define the technical patterns for agentic development at HITT, including agent orchestration, prompt and context engineering, tool and API integrations, retrieval‑augmented generation, and human‑in‑the‑loop review.
• Establish evaluation, testing, and observability practices that make AI‑assisted software trustworthy, secure, and maintainable.
• Prototype rapidly to prove value, then harden the winners into reliable products adopted across jobsites and offices.

Platform, Tooling & Standards

• Stand up the engineering platform from scratch: repositories, CI/CD pipelines, environments, model access, guardrails, and the AI development toolchain used by every team.
• Create paved‑road templates, reference implementations, and internal libraries that make the right way the easy way.
• Set and continuously raise the bar for code quality, security, and performance across the practice, in alignment with HITT’s zero‑trust cybersecurity strategy.
• Evaluate emerging AI development tools, models, and frameworks, recommending adoption with clear‑eyed assessments of capability and risk.

Mentorship & Enablement

• Train and coach HITT’s existing developers in AI‑enabled development methods through pairing, code review, workshops, and internal documentation.
• Help recruit engineers to the organization, interview for craft, judgment, and fluency with modern AI‑assisted workflows.
• Model a culture of experimentation — fail fast and pivot — while managing risk responsibly.

Delivery & Collaboration

• Work in lean, agile teams built on small batches, fast feedback, and continuous delivery.
• Partner directly with project teams, field staff, and corporate functions to understand problems firsthand and deliver software that works where execution happens in real time.
• Communicate architecture decisions and tradeoffs clearly to both engineers and executives, providing transparency on progress, quality, and value delivered.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree a plus.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience operating at a staff or principal level and setting technical direction beyond a single team.
• Expert, hands‑on fluency with AI‑assisted and agentic development, including coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Git Hub Copilot, Cursor), LLM APIs, agent frameworks, tool and API integrations, retrieval‑augmented generation, and evaluation.
• Track record of shipping production software with modern stacks: cloud‑native services, APIs, web and mobile applications, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and upskill other engineers, and to introduce new tools and practices into an existing organization.
• Strong architectural judgment, with the range to move between rapid prototyping and hardened production systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex technical topics clear to non‑technical partners.
• Experience building software for field‑based or operational users, or in construction, engineering, or manufacturing environments, is a plus.

In accordance with Virginia Senate Bill 215 (SB 215), the base salary range for this position is: $ – $. Compensation in other cities and states may vary.

• Competitive total benefits and compensation package including performance‑based bonuses, premium health care coverage (including vision and dental), employer‑matched 401(k), wellness reimbursement program, paid holidays and time‑off, and other voluntary benefits and leave types.

HITT Contracting is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring and developing the most qualified individuals based on job‑related experience, skills, and merit. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We value a respectful, inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.

HITT Contracting maintains a drug‑free workplace, consistent with applicable local, state, and federal laws.

HITT will never ask you for personal or financial information via email or text message as part of the recruiting process.

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