Software Product Lead

Visionist • Fort Meade, MD

5d • $187,000 - $264,000

About The Position

Visionist is hiring a Software Product Lead for a fully funded opportunity on its largest prime contract. The role combines hands-on software expertise and technical leadership to guide a critical software product across the full development lifecycle, from customer engagement and requirements gathering through architecture, development, deployment, and sustainment. The lead works with users and stakeholders to understand mission needs, translate them into technical solutions, and coordinate engineering teams delivering capabilities.

The position focuses on soliciting requirements and architecting an enterprise agentic platform for intelligent, autonomous workflows. The lead identifies automation opportunities with stakeholders, engineers, and cyber analysts; evaluates AI models, deployment architectures, and infrastructure; advises customers on AI investments; and promotes adoption and training. The role calls for initiative, rapid iteration, and practical solutions, with opportunities to influence product direction and bring emerging technologies into operational use.

Visionist describes itself as a company that has spent more than 15 years addressing Intelligence Community software and analysis challenges. It embeds small engineering teams with analysts to address mission capability gaps, including work related to cyber infrastructure, malware analysis, attribution, adversarial infrastructure, penetration testing, and operational planning. The company describes its leadership culture as supportive and open-door, with internal growth and promotion opportunities and social activities.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with polygraph is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required; green card holders and permanent residents are not eligible.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, or an additional four years of experience in lieu of the degree.
• 12 years of experience in software development.
• Experience building, leading, and mentoring engineering teams with diverse technical backgrounds.
• Demonstrated experience engaging customers and end users to gather requirements, advocate for change, and drive adoption of technical solutions.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining production applications serving hundreds to thousands of users.
• Production-grade software development experience in Python, Java, or a similar programming language.
• Ability to architect, develop, and deploy software systems from concept through production.
• Experience with software version control and collaboration tools, including Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience with web application and user interface development principles and best practices.
• Familiarity with cloud and containerization technologies such as AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software deployment practices.
• Applicants selected will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Solicit requirements and architect an enterprise agentic platform for intelligent, autonomous workflows.
• Work with stakeholders, engineers, and cyber analysts to understand operational workflows and identify high-impact automation opportunities.
• Evaluate AI models, deployment architectures, and infrastructure options to balance capability, performance, and cost.
• Advise customers on AI investment strategies and resource allocation to maximize mission impact and operational effectiveness.
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies, industry trends, and best practices, and advocate for adoption of innovative capabilities where appropriate.
• Conduct outreach and training to promote adoption of AI capabilities and best practices across the user community.
• Lead and coordinate multiple engineering teams by defining requirements, developing technical solutions, assigning work, and tracking execution against objectives.
• Engage with users and stakeholders and lead work across the software development lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through development, deployment, and sustainment.

Benefits

• Annual merit increases and performance-based bonuses.
• Four weeks of paid time off that is not use-or-lose, 12 paid holidays, comp time, overtime, and flexible work hours.
• 80 hours of paid parental leave, plus an $8,000 supplemental payment upon returning from maternity leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for individuals and families; employees who waive medical benefits receive an additional $4,160 per year.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Annual $600 lifestyle bonus usable for gyms/fitness, new technology, or an HSA.
• Term life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
• Regular social activities, including happy hours, baseball games, and activity clubs.
• Internal growth and promotion opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior