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Job description
Join ClearEdge and be part of a mission-focused team solving some of the DoD’s most complex technical challenges. Every day, ClearEdge supports government and industry customers by delivering innovative solutions that enable critical operations and mission success.
ClearEdge offers an extremely competitive benefits package—including a $10k annual training and education benefit, a 10% 401(k) contribution fully vested on day one, annual health and technology allowances, and access to a state-of-the-art technology lab. Learn more at
Your Mission
Join ClearEdge as a Chief Architect, where you will set the technical direction and architecture for one of our core AI-enabled products, supporting deployment across multiple customer environments, including hybrid and air-gapped networks. You will lead architectural decisions for workflow, compliance, and dashboard capabilities, working across engineering teams to keep the platform modular, secure, and extensible as it scales to new customers.
This role includes prototyping new AI capabilities using frontier LLMs and agentic architectures, leading multi-team technical efforts, and representing the platform's capabilities to leadership and prospective customers.
You Will Excel in This Role If You Are:
Experienced leading architecture for complex, multi-team software efforts
Fluent in AI-native development: frontier LLMs, agentic architectures, RAG and vector stores
Skilled in full-stack, layered system design, including hybrid and air-gapped deployment
Comfortable prototyping and evaluating new technical approaches
Capable of translating business objectives into durable architectural decisions
Experienced mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across teams
Confident presenting technical direction to leadership, prospects, and customers
Skilled at balancing customer-specific requests with the platform's long-term direction
A Day in the Life:
Own architecture vision for an assigned product, scaling it across current and future customer engagements
Lead proofs of concept and prototypes evaluating new technologies
Perform technical trade-off analysis and implementation decisions across teams What We Are Expecting From You:
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance; U.S. citizenship
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or similar (4 years of experience may substitute)
15+ years of IT experience
Experience with Generative AI: frontier LLMs, AI-native IDEs, RAG and vector stores, agentic AI principles (orchestration, sub-agents, agent protocols)
Experience deploying complex systems across hybrid and air-gapped environments
Experience across the full software development lifecycle
Strong written and oral communication skills, including briefings for internal and external leadership
Nice to Have:
Experience supporting RMF/ATO in a classified DoD or IC environment
Experience owning a COTS platform serving multiple customer accounts
Experience with physical security or facility accreditation practices, such as ICD 705 or similar frameworks
Familiarity with tools used by security and compliance teams
ClearEdge is an established small business that values its employees and is committed to providing an environment where individuals can succeed and grow. We believe in developing our people, promoting from within, and fostering long-term career growth across the organization.
Our Core Values—Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, and Accountability—guide everything we do. These principles shape our culture, inform our decisions, and drive our commitment to excellence in support of our customers and partners.
ClearEdge is an equal opportunity employer.
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