Principal Engineering Lead

Location: Primarily remote, but candidates must reside in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, or Northern Virginia area. Occasional onsite attendance in Baltimore, Maryland is required for key kickoffs and other important program activities.

Salary: $174,300–$205,900 USD annually, with a midpoint of $190,100.

Company

hirify.global is a technology solutions firm connecting strategy and execution across AI, cloud, data, product development, and emerging technology.

What you will do

• Define and lead engineering operations standards across teams and delivery workstreams.
• Establish continuous integration, continuous delivery, release governance, and operational readiness practices.
• Develop frameworks for service-level objectives, service-level indicators, reliability, performance, and recoverability.
• Advance DevSecOps by integrating security, quality, automation, and operational controls throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Coordinate application, platform, security, operations, product, and program stakeholders around shared standards.
• Use delivery and operational metrics to identify risks, lead cross-team resolution, and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Experience leading engineering operations, platform engineering, site reliability engineering, DevSecOps, or large-scale software delivery.
• Experience establishing engineering standards across multiple teams or workstreams.
• Strong understanding of continuous integration, continuous delivery, release governance, and production operations.
• Experience defining or managing service-level objectives, service-level indicators, operational readiness criteria, and reliability practices.
• Experience integrating security and compliance expectations into engineering and delivery processes.
• Principal, enterprise, or program-level leadership experience with strong communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting federal healthcare, public-sector healthcare, or similarly regulated technology environments.
• Experience leading DevSecOps or reliability improvements across multi-team delivery models.
• Experience with observability, incident management, release automation, and production-readiness reviews.
• Experience using engineering and operational metrics to guide investment and continuous improvement.
• Experience participating in client presentations, solution reviews, or proposal oral presentations.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees.
• Flexible Spending Account and 401(k) retirement plan.
• Competitive paid time off and parental leave.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• Collaborative environment with high standards, ownership, and varied technical perspectives.