Chief Product Software Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

20h

About The Position

Chief Product Software Engineer The Opportunity: We are pushing the boundaries of innovation at the intersection of cloud-native software services, cybersecurity, and agentic AI. As part of our emerging product business, we are building transformative, AI-driven solutions to tackle some of the most complex problems in cybersecurity today. We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our internal Product Engineering team—a dynamic group of innovators passionate about redefining the market through cutting-edge technology. This role is ideal for a self-starter, visionary, “10x-type” engineer who thrives in high-impact environments and is eager to build and operate always-on, secure, and scalable software services. As a seasoned software engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll use the latest architectural approaches and open-source frameworks and tools to deliver complete end-to-end solutions. You’ll share your skills as your team utilizes new tools and techniques while helping to identify and implement system improvements. You will shape a new product from the ground up with real autonomy and ownership. You will build full-stack cloud-native systems with robust monitoring, alerting, and fault-tolerant capabilities as you lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of high-availability software products with agentic AI at their core. You will implement best practices for CI/CD deployments, canaries, telemetry, and automated testing to ensure quality and reliability. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

8+ years of experience building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS
8+ years of experience with software development in both front-end and back-end technologies and with languages such as Java, Python, or Go
8+ years of experience in shipping products sold commercially.
6+ years of experience with design and architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling of new and existing systems
Experience mentoring or supervising employees within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
Ability to work with automated deployment and testing tools to perform testing and maintenance
Ability to lead, collaborate, and thrive in a fast-paced and creative environment
Ability to own products end-to-end, from architecture and coding to deployment, testing, and support
Ability to display work samples
Bachelor's degree in a CS field and 6+ years of experience in software engineering, or 10+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree
U.S. citizenship is required

Nice To Haves

10+ years of experience with building and operating production-grade full-stack applications in cloud environments such as AWS
10+ years of experience with software development in both front-end and back-end technologies and with languages such as Java, Python, or Go
8+ years of experience with design and architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling of new and existing systems
Experience developing market-leading products, specifically in cybersecurity
Experience working with or developing AI or ML-based products
Experience in cybersecurity
Knowledge of AI frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn
Master’s degree in a CS field such as Digital Art