Hackathons - Team Lead (FedD068)

Location: Remote - USA; travel is expected multiple times per year, primarily within the continental United States and occasionally OCONUS.

Salary: $148,750–$201,250 USD per year; compensation ranges apply across all geographic locations within the United States.

Company

hirify.global delivers secure, cloud-native software delivery, integration, testing, and deployment solutions for defense, civil agencies, and other mission-focused customers.

What you will do

• Set the technical direction for hackathons using UDS and hirify.global platform and tooling principles.
• Evaluate and integrate cloud providers, partner technologies, third-party tools, and defense ecosystem solutions.
• Define technical guardrails, reference architectures, and integration patterns for durable, deployable outcomes.
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies with the Mission Manager.
• Engage government stakeholders, industry partners, and participants by translating complex technical capabilities into clear mission-impact narratives.
• Plan and deliver technical programming, workshops, enablement content, and post-event documentation.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience designing and building software systems in complex, multi-technology environments.
• Hands-on experience with UDS or similar platform abstraction and deployment frameworks.
• Technical experience engaging government or defense stakeholders and communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience in presales or customer-facing roles combining technical credibility with value communication.
• Understanding of software delivery and platform engineering for air-gapped environments, including offline package management, artifact distribution, and secure update mechanisms.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the Department of War innovation ecosystem, including programs, procurement, and mission priorities.
• Experience with hackathons, integration events, or innovation sprints in a technical leadership capacity.
• Ability to create structure in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Experience delivering technical solutions that remain useful beyond the original event or sprint.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work within the United States with travel support for conferences and events.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus a health savings account.
• Life and disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, stock options, and a home office budget.
• Flexible Time Off, federal holidays, additional Thanksgiving and winter holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Reimbursement for approved training and subscriptions, as well as conference travel, lodging, and fees.