Senior Director of Engineering & Architecture
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What We Offer
- We strive to be one of the best places to work in America. We offer competitive salaries and benefits that include:
- Health Insurance: Medical and dental – company pays 92% of premiums for individual coverage and for family coverage
- Vision Insurance: Fully covered
- Retirement Plans: 401(k) with employer match up to 4%
- Paid Time Off: Paid sick and safe leave, paid floating holidays, and generous vacation
- Other:
- Basic Life & AD&D policy company paid Voluntary Life Flexible & remote work structure Wellness reimbursement plan & mental health support Community sponsorships Donation matching Professional development allowance
- Basic Life & AD&D policy company paid
- Voluntary Life
- Flexible & remote work structure
- Wellness reimbursement plan & mental health support
- Community sponsorships
- Donation matching
- Professional development allowance
- If you need any accommodation for the interview process, please let us know when we contact you.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Innovas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information.
We take a geo-neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location. We are currently only open to remote employees residing in the following states: AL, FL, IN, MI, MO, NM, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, WY.
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a standard background check.
About Innovas
At Innovas, we are transforming the way government innovates by delivering the mechanisms that turn ideas into action. We bring together the right people, processes, and technologies to accelerate progress where it matters most.
With a focus on impact over bureaucracy, collaboration over silos, and solutions over status quo, we we're built to act. Our team is made up of passionate problem-solvers, innovators, and experts who thrive on tackling meaningful challenges and delivering results. At Innovas, every role contributes to something bigger. Whether you’re supporting technology acquisition, improving processes, or enabling collaboration across organizations, your work helps move critical missions forward.
Join Innovas and help shape the future of government innovation.
Why work at Innovas:
Work on problems that matter. At Innovas, your work directly supports innovation that shapes our nation’s future and delivers solutions with real-world impact.
Be part of something built differently. Our teams are empowered to focus on solving problems, creating value, and exceeding expectations.
Bring ideas to life. Work alongside passionate problem-solvers who thrive on tackling complex challenges and turning possibilities into progress.
Grow alongside a team of experts. Our people bring diverse experiences from government, military, industry, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Requirements
- 20+ years of experience in IT and/or software engineering, including substantial hands-on experience designing, building, delivering, and operating complex software systems.
- Demonstrable experience working across all layers of the application stack, including frontend applications, backend services, APIs, databases, integrations, and deployment infrastructure. Candidates must have sufficient practical depth to evaluate technical decisions and effectively lead engineers across specialties. No specific programming language or framework is required.
- Direct experience designing and implementing event-sourced systems, including event persistence, replay, projections, schema evolution, and consistency considerations.
- Experience with microservices, containers, distributed systems, and application integration.
- Experience delivering and operating applications in both cloud and on-premises environments.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted software development and the ability to establish effective practices across a team.
- Experience developing AI agents, coordinating multi-agent workflows, and integrating AI capabilities into software products.
- Familiarity with Agile software development practices, including Scrum.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver working products quickly while maintaining appropriate standards for security, reliability, and maintainability.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
- US Citizenship
- Experience establishing a new engineering team or software development function.
- Experience with stakeholder management, requirements gathering, and translating business needs into product and technical decisions.
- Business and financial acumen, including an understanding of budgeting, operating costs, capitalization of labor, return on investment, and technology investment tradeoffs.
- Experience with IT infrastructure, including networking, Windows Server and Linux operating systems, and network security.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, including Azure IoT services and frameworks.
- Experience integrating with Microsoft Graph API.
- An active security clearance.
About Innovas, Inc.
Innovas is a private professional services firm helping government and defense clients execute innovation and technology-acquisition programs.
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