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# Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer - Clearance Required

- **Company:** LMI
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $163,021 - $280,944
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Enterprise Data Management, Google Cloud, ReactJS, Palantir Foundry, Reliability of Systems, AI Coding Agents, Backend, Production Code, Api Design, Databricks
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e71e308579c53e19

## About the Role

* A record of owning architecture and delivery for production applications while remaining a substantial contributor to the code.
 * Strong full-stack engineering skills, including TypeScript and React or comparable frontend technologies, and production backend development in Python or Node.js.
 * Depth in relational databases and SQL, API design, system integration, and application authentication and authorization.
 * Experience deploying and supporting applications using containers, CI/CD, and at least one major cloud environment such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
 * Experience making technical tradeoffs, diagnosing production failures, and improving system reliability and maintainability.
 * Technical leadership through design decisions, code review, and mentoring, with clear communication to customers and nontechnical colleagues.
 * Demonstrated use of AI coding tools or agents, with independent review, testing, and security checks of generated code.
 * Travel up to 50% for user engagement, deployment support, and forward deployed engineering.
 * An active U.S. DOW security clearance., * Experience delivering software in defense, intelligence, or other environments with significant access, security, or integration constraints.
 * Experience integrating AI capabilities into production applications and evaluating their effect on the user workflow.
 * Experience with Palantir Foundry, Databricks, or comparable enterprise data and application platforms.
 * Experience turning an early customer deployment into products.

## Description

* Work with mission users and business leaders to assess technical feasibility, define success, and scope prototypes and initial deployments.
 * Design applications across user interfaces, services, data, and integrations. Choose approaches that fit the customer's environment and delivery constraints.
 * Write production code and guide implementation through code review, pairing, and practical technical decisions.
 * Establish testing, release, observability, and documentation practices that support rapid iteration and reliable operation.
 * Partner with AI, data, design, and platform security specialists to integrate capabilities and resolve deployment risks.
 * Support customer demonstrations, initial operation, and troubleshooting.
 * Package reusable components and transfer code, deployment instructions, and operating knowledge to the enduring sustainment teams.