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# Software Engineer Group Lead

- **Company:** Associated Universities, Inc.
- **Location:** Albuquerque, NM, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $123,000.0 - $154,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Data Transport Utility, Python (Programming Language), Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Software Troubleshooting, Parallel Computation
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/281727/software-engineer-group-lead-common-domain-software-new-mexico-nm-albuquerque

## About the Role

* You have at least seven years of experience in software development, with at least three or more years of experience managing a software team of three or more people. Equivalent relevant experience will be considered. You must have prior experience in computing data transport and systems communications design and concepts. \n, * Strong interpersonal and group communications skills, oral and written. \n
 * Familiarity with a wide variety of technologies, such as Java, C, C++, Python, testing frameworks, threading, parallelization. \n
 * Ability to translate science requirements into software requirements.\n
 * Understanding of software architecture and the implications it has for development.\n
 * Must possess strong leadership and delegation capabilities. Ability to maintain and develop productive collaborations across organizations, anticipate and mitigate political and technical issues. \n
 * Ability to establish firm, professional, and respectful interactions with staff and stakeholders. \n
 * Demonstrated strong initiative in refining and clarifying requirements, defining and implementing QA processes, plan definition and monitoring, defining technical direction, and facilitating alignment. \n
 * Ability to learn new areas and apply learning. \n
 * Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities. \n
 * Familiarity with project management concepts and techniques.\n, requirements, such as scientists, development partners, and operations organizations. Strong decision-making, consensus building, and communication skills are essential.\n

## Description

As a Software Engineer Group Lead, you are expected to have demonstrated experience leading software development groups, preferably within the domain of astronomy. To be successful, you shall also have experience in leading a distributed team of developers and be familiar with management, planning, and reporting aspects. You should be prepared to deal with already ongoing activities, while also having the ability to formulate a long-term direction. You should have experience balancing the maintenance, improvement, and enhancement of operational software. Planning skills and appropriate management of a team of expert developers and scientists are essential. Competency and experience dealing with the development process from requirements gathering, to development, testing and the formalism needed to achieve an orderly process is also expected. You must be able to build strong and productive relationships with stakeholders who have complex and sometimes conflicting


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