Head of Engineering
Octopus Energy
Engineering Manager
IronArch Technology
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $148,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
AWSCloudCyber SecurityGoJavaScriptKubernetesNext.jsNode.jsPostgresReact
About the role
- Contribute directly as a hands-on engineer — designing, building, and reviewing secure, cloud-native code in CAMP’s AWS-based architecture.
- Partner with the Technical Lead to ensure architecture translates into timely, high-quality delivery.
- Ensure best practices are followed for DevSecOps, automated testing, Section 508 accessibility, and OWASP security standards.
- Drive Agile delivery practices (sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog refinement) to ensure alignment and velocity.
- Serve as a bridge across functions — coordinating with product, design, DevOps, and QA teams.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture, ensuring engineers have what they need to succeed.
- Manage and mentor 3–5 direct reports. Provide career guidance, technical oversight, and workload balancing across team members who may support additional contracts.
Requirements
- Public Trust Clearance or higher (ability to obtain and maintain required background investigation)
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading engineers.
- Proven ability to deliver as an IC while managing people.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native environments (AWS preferred), CI/CD pipelines, and secure coding practices.
- Experience with federal IT compliance (ATO, accessibility, cybersecurity) is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated success building team culture and mentoring engineers.
- Current authorization to work with the Department of State or other federal agency.
- Familiarity with multiple stacks: React, Next.js, Node.js, Go, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
- Prior experience in large-scale federal IT modernization programs.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and market-leading bonus opportunities
- Medical, dental and vision benefits where a significant portion of the premium is subsidized by IronArch.
- 401(k) retirement plan where the company contributes dollar for dollar up to 3 percent, and 50 cents on the dollar for the 4th and 5th percent with immediate entry and immediate vesting
- 20 days of PTO accumulated per calendar year
- 11 paid holidays
- Bereavement, jury duty, parental (maternity/paternity/adoption), and military leaves
- Sabbatical programs
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability
- Company-paid life insurance
- Professional development reimbursement
- Health club reimbursement
- Matching donation program and annual philanthropic activities
- Pet insurance
- And more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
cloud-native codesecure coding practicesCI/CD pipelinesReactNext.jsNode.jsGoPostgreSQLKubernetesDevSecOps
Soft skills
collaborative team culturementoringcareer guidancetechnical oversightworkload balancingcommunicationleadershipcoordinationAgile deliveryproblem-solving
