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Lead Delivery Engineer

Virtualitics, Inc · District of Columbia, United States

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About The Role

Lead Delivery Engineer (Secret Cleared, DMV)

About Virtualitics

  • Virtualitics is a fast-growing, Caltech-born defense tech company (~120 people) dedicated to reversing
  • the decline in military readiness. Virtualitics builds AI-native readiness intelligence for the US and allied
  • nations’ defense sector. Our IRO application layer and Virtualitics AI Platform (VAIP) transform how
  • defense organizations act on maintenance, logistics, and global force management data. Our team is
  • actively refining agentic workflows, composable AI agents, and generative interfaces to replace static
  • dashboards with dynamic, conversational intelligence.

What You Will Do

  • ●Lead technical decision-making across project and platform delivery.
  • ●Architect robust, scalable applications using sound engineering principles, managing the
  • complete data lifecycle from acquisition to model inference and postprocessing.
  • ●Tackle runtime performance and optimize data access patterns for highly responsive applications.
  • ●Craft and manage dynamic dashboards using the Virtualitics AI Platform to transform complex
  • data into intuitive visuals.
  • ●Collaborate across the delivery team (e.g. Product, Customer Success, DevOps, and QA) to align
  • engineering deliverables with strategic customer commitments.
  • ●Drive execution of the product roadmap by removing bottlenecks, mitigating risks, and ensuring
  • on-time delivery of key milestones.
  • ●Act as the primary technical escalation point to resolve delivery challenges and facilitate rapid
  • trade-off decisions.

Core Requirements

  • ●Clearance & Location:Must hold at least a U.S. Secretsecurity clearance and be willing to
  • upgrade to a TS/SCI if needed. Must be willing and able to go onsite to the Mark Center up to and
  • including 5 days a week.
  • ●Engineering Fundamentals:A degree in Computer Scienceor related field, or 5+ years of
  • software engineering experience. We target candidates with a strong background in software
  • engineering and production deployment, rather than strictly research-oriented backgrounds.
  • ●AI & Systems:A proven track record of deploying softwareinto production environments. Has
  • shipped production-grade AI / agentic systems.
  • ●Full Stack & DevSecOps:Understands full stack softwaredevelopment, DevSecOps, and AI
  • systems holistically. Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git.
  • ●Data Ecosystem:Proficiency in Python with a solidunderstanding of the Python Data Stack
  • (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch, Matplotlib, etc.). Experience working with a wide variety of
  • data (both structured and unstructured) from different sources.
  • ●Culture & Values:Embody Virtualitics core valuesby bringing a positive attitude, fostering a
  • highly collaborative environment, and always being ready to "lean in" to tackle complex
  • challenges alongside the team.

Preferred Qualifications (Pluses)

  • ●Has contributed to building engineering excellence and has top-tier engineering experience.
  • ●Experience with big data technologies and frameworks (Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.).

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