Software Engineer
Posted 10 Dec 2025
Advertised as “Lead Software Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyComputer Science, Mathematics (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
Company Description
Air is the leader in Enterprise Readiness. Our mission is to establish readiness as a real-time condition that is continuously achieved. Today, a dangerous Readiness Gap exists between what the front line needs and what is delivered. Our AI-native platform, Air Enterprise Readiness, aligns development, production, delivery, and sustainment into one coordinated execution system for government agencies and industrial suppliers. By revealing true capacity, exposing real constraints, coordinating resources, and executing at the speed of operational demands, the front line gets what it needs to succeed.
Job Description
We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Software Engineering Lead to join our Engineering team. As the Software Engineering Lead at Air, you will be essential to crafting and implementing the software engineering processes and implementations within AIr. In order to do this job well, you must be obsessed with quality, and efficiency, and love working with diverse technologies. You have a strong understanding of software engineering design principles, as well as a strong technical prowess. Our ideal candidate is someone who is energized by building scalable technology to support the defense and intelligence communities. This role is a full-time position located out of our office in Pittsburgh, PA. This role may require up to 10% travel
Scope of Responsibilities
- Lead software engineering efforts from ideation through implementation as well as the day-to-day of a small team containing both front-end and back-end software engineers
- Lead Agile ceremonies for the software engineering team
- Establish coding and testing best practices and standards for Engineers
- Develop, test, and deploy modern software applications and new features
- Oversee the quality of Engineers’ deliverables, such as coding, testing, debugging
- Collaborate with Air's product team to turn business requirements into technical specifications
- Regularly seek out innovation and continuous improvement, finding efficiency in all assigned tasks
- Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, QA engineers, and DevOps engineers to improve the overall quality and performance of the platform
Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related technical field
Required Skills:
- 5 years of software development experience with an object-oriented programming language comparable to Java, C++, Python, C#, or Ruby