Lead Software Engineer

Lead AI/ML Engineer responsible for setting technical direction for large-scale AI-powered platforms in high-risk environments, steering architectural trade-offs, and guiding a distributed engineering team. You will align ML, Data Science, and DevOps to deliver robust, production-ready software, define project roadmaps, establish deployment standards, and lead hiring for the software engineering craft. This role emphasizes delivering high-value outputs for government and public-sector clients, driving technical excellence, and communicating roadmaps and risks to executives; candidates should be comfortable with on-site work in client environments and hybrid working arrangements.