Engineer Lead

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

As an Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for working with leadership to shape the technical direction of the program, while gaining exposure into people management. An Engineering Lead is a people manager, leader, and mentor with the ability to cross-functionally lead program delivery. You are an emerging subject matter expert that is developing the skills to successfully lead through team members and effectively communicate and execute against program and organizational objectives. In this role, an Engineering Lead will support leadership in partnering with peers to meet delivery requirements. Primary expectations of an Engineering Lead include:

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  Develops an understanding of program scope, schedule and cost management; with the support of leadership, articulates contractual delivery requirements to team members

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  Provides coaching and development to engineering team members, and works with leadership to define growth goals and development plans, and creates a culture where people can learn and evolve

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  Serves as a mentor, supporting one or two teams' Engineers in technical direction and career management

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  Leads team processes and seeks out best practices to fill gaps

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  Develops collaboration skills to partner with key stakeholders to represent the engineering practice in advocating for the best technical solutions while communicating tradeoffs

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  Development of effective written communication and presentation skills to describe systems, design decisions, and past performance

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  May participate in bid-writing, tech demos, strategic planning, and other client-facing communications

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  Presents program's ongoing engineering work, future goals, and risks

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  Development of influential skills to translate and communicate technical challenges and roadmaps

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  Participates in interviews with new candidates and develops/grades homework

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  Responsible for hiring, performance management, timecard reviews, PTO management and team development

• Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of experience

  • Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education

• 2+ years of mentoring and coaching experience; experience with communicating and leading tasking efforts to support delivery

• Extensive experience with software development, customer interactions, formal and informal communication, and mentorship

• General understanding of government contracting requirements and regulations