Engineer Lead (AI Platform)

TL;DR

Engineer Lead (AI Platform): Leading the design and delivery of internal developer platforms, automation, and AI-enabled services for federal software delivery with an accent on platform engineering, DevOps, developer experience, and security compliance. Focus on translating ATO, NIST, RMF, and IRS requirements into reusable automated controls, building self-service CI/CD workflows, and mentoring engineering teams.

Location: Remote within the United States

Salary: $150,000–$195,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a technology company that builds scalable digital services and modernizes technology for federal, commercial, and nonprofit organizations.

What you will do

• Guide the technical direction and delivery of internal developer platforms, CI/CD services, engineering automation, and AI-enabled tools.
• Design reusable platform services, APIs, templates, integrations, and self-service workflows for onboarding, access, environments, infrastructure, and deployments.
• Automate ATO, NIST, RMF, and IRS security controls, policy checks, evidence collection, and approval workflows.
• Build and integrate AI solutions such as retrieval-augmented generation chatbots, multi-agent systems, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical discovery, planning sessions, demonstrations, and stakeholder discussions.
• Mentor engineers, support hiring and performance management, and coordinate team development with organizational leadership.

Requirements

• 12+ years of relevant engineering experience and a master's degree, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree.
• 2+ years of mentoring, coaching, or technical leadership experience.
• Experience delivering production software, APIs, CI/CD systems, engineering platforms, infrastructure automation, or data pipelines.
• Experience integrating security, compliance, testing, and quality controls into engineering workflows.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms, containers, infrastructure as code, source control, automated testing, and production operations.
• Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation.

Nice to have

• Experience with federal ATO processes, RMF, NIST controls, continuous monitoring, or compliance evidence automation.
• Experience with Red Hat Developer Hub, Backstage, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, LLM integrations, AI agents, or multi-agent orchestration.
• Experience with data integration, orchestration, metadata management, analytics, data governance, or policy as code.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first culture with tools and practices designed for distributed collaboration.
• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible PTO and paid parental leave after one year of service.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Employee Assistance Program.