Agile Defense · 2 months ago
VP of Product Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$158K/yr - $292K/yr
12+ years expAgile Defense is focused on providing innovative solutions for the nation's important missions through advanced technologies. The Vice President of Product Engineering will define and execute the technical strategy for Workforce and Duro Suite, guiding cross-functional teams to deliver cloud-native SaaS products that meet stringent security requirements and enhance operational efficiency.
Information ServicesInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Drive product discovery by synthesizing user feedback, market signals, and competitive intelligence into actionable feature concepts and technical implementation strategies
Architect and lead development of experimental prototypes that explore new technologies, validate hypotheses, and shape future roadmap investments
Own the architecture, code quality, and operational excellence of Workforce and DuroSuite across web, API, and data services
Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, and release governance in concert with Product Management, ensuring features align with OKRs and market feedback
Design and implement scalable React and Node.js front ends, Python and Go microservices, REST interfaces, and event driven data pipelines on AWS
Implement and enforce DevSecOps pipelines with IaC, container hardening, SBOM generation, automated testing, and SRE style monitoring for government deployments
Launch new modules and major enhancements, orchestrating alpha, beta, and GA phases while managing feature flags, A/B tests, and customer onboarding playbooks
Collaborate with UX, Security, and Compliance teams to embed accessibility and FedRAMP/NIST safeguards from design through operations
Curate and publish reusable component libraries, SDKs, and reference implementations that accelerate internal and partner development
Represent Agile Defense at conferences, customer demos, and industry workgroups to drive brand recognition and market adoption
Mentor senior and midlevel engineers, fostering a learning culture through code reviews, brownbag sessions, and Communities of Practice
Directly manages product tech leads, staff engineers Owns the engineering budget for Workforce and DuroSuite, ensuring optimal allocation of cloud spend, licensing, and R&D funds
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master's preferred
Twelve or more years of fullstack product engineering with at least five years leading launch ready SaaS solutions at scale
Demonstrated success bringing new commercial or government focused products from concept to market, achieving measurable user growth and revenue targets
Hands on experience operating production workloads in regulated cloud environments
Devops experience using AWS, GCP and/or Azure. You have deployed, production ready containerized environments with multiple services
Hands on development proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, and/or NodeJs
Hands on experience using frontend and backend modern frameworks such as React, Vuejs, FastAPI, Django, Express
Proficiency designing microservice and event driven architectures with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Kafka, and/or OpenSearch/Elasticsearch backends
Deep knowledge of CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), Docker, container orchestration with Kubernetes, and policy-as-code security gates
Experience integrating GenAI services, RAG pipelines, and AIOps frameworks into customer facing features
Fluency in metrics driven development, including product analytics, and cost-to-serve optimization
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for executive, engineering, and customer audiences
Preferred
Background launching products within DoD Platform One, Iron Bank, or JWCC ecosystems
Contributions to opensource projects in DevSecOps, GenAI, or secure supply chain tooling
SAFe SPC or comparable enterprise agile transformation leadership credential
Company
Agile Defense
Agile Defense is an information technology company located in Reston. It is a sub-organization of Agile-BOT.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-11-16Acquired
Leadership Team
Rick Wagner
Chief Executive Officer
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Bill Luebke
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-18
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