Our Modeling & Simulation team is building the next-generation wargaming and decision-support platform that helps the DoW make multi-billion-dollar force-design decisions before those decisions are made in the real world. The team spans simulation and physics, backend and data systems, frontend and geospatial visualization, and AI systems, working together to turn operational questions into extensible, mission- and campaign-level simulations that government users can trust.

Lead and grow a high-performing backend and data engineering team while remaining hands-on in the codebase.

Define the technical direction for backend services, APIs, data systems, and integrations across simulation, AI, frontend, and platform teams.

Design, build, and operate secure, reliable Python services, APIs, workers, and integration layers.

Translate product, research, and domain requirements into clear architectures, technical plans, and incrementally deliverable work.

Establish strong engineering standards for API design, service boundaries, testing, observability, error handling, migrations, security, and code review.

Build enterprise-grade software for cloud, private-cloud, customer-managed, on-premises, and disconnected environments.

Partner with platform and data engineering leaders to ensure systems are deployable, observable, performant, and maintainable.

Lead design reviews, RFCs, technical grooming, and pragmatic decisions across speed, correctness, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

Debug and resolve complex issues spanning services, databases, queues, APIs, infrastructure, and third-party integrations.

Review code, mentor engineers, and uphold a high bar for quality—including the validation of AI-assisted code in high-assurance environments.

Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and government stakeholders to align platform capabilities with mission needs.

Lead Backend Engineer (Modeling & Simulation)

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Code Metal

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