Picogrid delivers integrated systems for modern missions, connecting sensors, platforms, and operators across land, sea, air, and space. Backed by Bessemer.
About the role
As the Head of Software at Picogrid, you will be the foundational people leader responsible for scaling our software engineering team. This is a highly demanding, hands-on role for a true generalist and leader ready to grow a world-class software department.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with significant time in a hands-on technical lead, principal, or director-level role
- Preferred: past founding or early-stage fast-growth startup experience
- Strong inter-personal skills and demonstrated ability to grow people
- Ability to operate with clarity and urgency in the managed chaos of a rapidly growing startup
- Expert-level proficiency across the full generalist software skillset, spanning backend systems, event-based architecture, distributed architecture, APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL), real-time data pipelines, and production operations
- Deep familiarity with modern languages and runtimes used in production: Go, Python, and TypeScript
More about this role
Who we are
Picogrid is a leading venture-backed defense technology company founded to bridge the decades-long gap between modern technology and the critical demands of national security. Today, we're building the essential infrastructure to unify sensors, autonomy, and operators with our technology deployed in active operations around the world. Our mission is to deliver an operational advantage to secure the United States and its allies.
As the Head of Software at Picogrid, you will be the foundational people leader responsible for scaling our software engineering team. This is a highly demanding, hands-on role for a true generalist and leader ready to grow a world-class software department.
You will set the team structure and hiring goals across teams that handle backend platforms, real-time geospatial UIs, hardware-software integration, and operator-facing command-and-control systems. You won't just manage, you will architect, build, and ship alongside your team. Work with hardworking, ambitious, world-leading talent to build the future of unmanned system behavior orchestration.
Lead the team's growth, people management, and strategic planning across all layers of the Picogrid...
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