Lead Software Engineer - Gov Platforms

WindBorne Systems is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own government implementations across its software platforms. The role adapts data pipelines, APIs, and analysis tools to federal infrastructure and compliance requirements, while working with government stakeholders to resolve integration challenges and deliver reliable solutions.

Responsibilities:

• In this role, you'll architect and implement government-specific versions of our software platforms, ensuring they meet security, compliance, and operational requirements unique to federal customers. This means adapting our data pipelines, APIs, and analysis tools to work within government infrastructure constraints while maintaining performance and reliability. You'll own the entire development lifecycle, working directly with government stakeholders to understand their technical requirements, troubleshooting complex integration issues, and delivering solutions that meet their mission-critical needs

Requirements:

• At least five years of software engineering experience with demonstrated success owning high-priority software development efforts
• Ability to work across full stack, frontend (Ruby on Rails, Postgres, etc.) to backend (Python, Rust) and all the bits between
• Strong background in data engineering—building pipelines, processing large datasets, optimizing data storage, and retrieval
• Proven experience developing software that adheres to stringent security compliance standards, from the government, financial industry, healthcare, or similar
• Written and verbal communication acumen suitable for a customer-facing role, for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills across the stack
• Ability to obtain a security clearance
• Experience with atmospheric, geospatial, or sensor data systems
• Familiarity with cloud platforms in government contexts (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government)
• Background in systems programming, real-time data processing, or scientific computing
• Prior work in aerospace, defense, or climate tech
• Active security clearance