Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack (Secret Clearance Required)

Location: Remote/hybrid in the United States; remote work is available when work does not require hirify.global or customer facilities. Travel to customer integration sites averages no more than one week per month.

Full-time salary: $240,000–$290,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops advanced research and development solutions for defense, intelligence, and national security, including cyber, next-generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, electronic warfare, and artificial intelligence analytics.

What you will do

• Break down mission use cases and user-defined problems, build MVPs, and rapidly evolve prototypes into cohesive applications.
• Scale existing applications by developing workflows, improving scalability, and addressing customer pain points.
• Build high-performance, visually appealing frontend features for complex use cases and large datasets.
• Lead cross-functional engineering teams in designing, integrating, and deploying cohesive software systems.
• Collaborate with military and government operators to discover requirements and translate them into software features.
• Deploy, test, and triage software at secure operational and customer integration sites.

Requirements

• <hirify.globalong>U.S. citizenship and an active US Security Clearance are required.hirify.globalong>
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and at least 8 years of work experience.
• Experience deploying software for Department of Defense or intelligence community missions.
• hirify.globalong ownership and a record of delivering high-impact work.
• Experience crafting user-centric interfaces with hirify.globalong attention to design details.
• hirify.globalong knowledge of React, TypeScript, and Python.
• Knowledge of performance-focused techniques for rendering large datasets and building responsive interfaces.
• Ability to adopt new languages, libraries, and technologies; communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences; and work independently and collaboratively.

Nice to have

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Prior U.S. military service with joint planning, large-force battle monitoring, and large-force debrief experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid environment with remote work when facilities are not required.
• Collaborative learning environment supporting deep technical understanding.
• Full-time employment with work focused on challenging defense, intelligence, and national security problems.
• Employees must obtain national security clearances and comply with export-control and other applicable laws.