Tychon LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer Manager
- Demonstrated experience serving in a Team Lead or senior technical leadership role, with the ability to independently drive technical direction, mentor contributors, and make architecture and implementation decisions in a fast paced development environment.
- Ability to work autonomously as a Team Lead while collaborating with stakeholders to identify product gaps, propose feature enhancements, and contribute to the technical direction and roadmap of the product.
- Experience leading and mentoring developers while driving technical implementation and helping shape the growth of an evolving product.
This role focuses on developing and scaling a platform that operates across enterprise and government systems to discover cryptographic implementations, assess compliance (e.g., CNSA, NIST), and support quantum readiness initiatives.
You will work on complex, distributed, and performance-sensitive systems that interact with real-world infrastructure, networks, and endpoints.
The ideal candidate will be:
- Comfortable working in complex, production-grade environments
- Able to debug across system, network, and code boundaries
- Motivated by mission impact and national security outcomes
Expert level knowledge of every language or every part of the product is not required on day one, but the role does require the ability to learn quickly, debug deeply, and apply strong engineering judgment in unfamiliar areas.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain core components of the TQC platform
- Develop capabilities for cryptographic discovery, telemetry collection, and compliance reporting
- Work across a multi-language stack (Go, C++, Rust, React)
- Troubleshoot complex issues involving networking, concurrency, system performance, and distributed components
- Enhance platform observability (logging, metrics, diagnostics) for mission environments
- Support integration with enterprise and government systems
- Participate in architecture, design reviews, and secure development practices
- Collaborate with product, security, and domain experts in cryptography and compliance
- Ensure software aligns with secure coding standards and regulatory expectations
- Use AI-assisted tools responsibly, validating outputs for correctness, security, and reliability
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineering team lead or manager
- 7+ years of experience building and operating production software systems
- Strong background in systems, infrastructure, or security engineering
- Proficiency in at least one: Go, C++, or Rust
- Experience working in complex, multi-component or distributed systems
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, TLS, sockets)
- Experience with concurrent, asynchronous, or high-performance systems
- Demonstrated ability to debug complex issues across system and network layers
- Experience designing modular architectures, APIs, or service boundaries
- Familiarity with secure coding practices and handling sensitive data
- Ability to quickly understand and improve large or unfamiliar codebases
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, or similar tools, with the ability to review, validate, and safely apply generated code.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting DoD, Federal, or regulated environments
- Familiarity with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) frameworks and Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite (CNSA) requirements
- Exposure to FedRAMP, STIG, or similar compliance frameworks
- Experience with network traffic analysis, packet capture, or endpoint telemetry
- Experience with cryptographic systems, PKI, or certificate lifecycle management
- Experience deploying software into air-gapped or controlled environments
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance
- Experience mentoring engineers or contributing to technical leadership
- Only full-time employees eligible
This Job Is:
- A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply
- A job for which all ages, including older job seekers, are encouraged to apply
- Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma
Work Remotely
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $175,000.00 - $185,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Have you used AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Copilot, Codex, Cursor)?
- Have you worked in a regulated or compliance-driven environment? (e.g., DoD, FedRAMP, financial services)? If yes, identify which environments.
- Which of the following are you familiar with? (Identify all that apply)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) frameworks
CNSA 1.0/CNSA 2.0
FedRAMP
Cryptographic systems/PKI
None of the above
Education:
Experience:
- Go, C++, or Rust: 7 years (Required)
- production systems (not academic or personal): 3 years (Required)
- Leadership: 5 years (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote
