Engineering Lead

<div class="content-intro"><h3 id="isPasted"><strong>Company Overview</strong></h3> <p>Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.</p> <p>Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.</p> <p>At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.</p> <p>Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.</p></div><h3><strong>Group Overview</strong></h3> <p>Digital and Synthetic (D&S) Group is committed to providing mission-driven information solutions that seamlessly bridge the digital and physical realms. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and advanced platforms, we empower operational readiness and elevate situational awareness across diverse domains—including air, maritime, and space. </p> <h3><strong>Position Summary</strong></h3> <p>We are looking for an Engineering Lead to provide leadership for our flight simulation product as part of a Product-led cross-functional team. Candidates should have solid knowledge and experience of best practices across the software development lifecycle, as well as People Management skills; they can be relied upon to build and maintain an engineering culture which is sustainably professional and positive, in which high-performing engineers can grow and thrive. Metrea is a people-first organisation, and candidates should have strong communication skills and the desire to proactively elevate their team through continuous knowledge sharing, collaboration, feedback, and mentorship. </p> <h3><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Own delivery outcomes for the team; not writing code yourself but driving the team to meet delivery timelines whilst balancing sustainability, quality and team well-being</li> <li>Mentoring, coaching and leading a team of highly talented engineers, taking responsibility for both their career and personal development</li> <li>Supporting product management and technical leadership in refining requirements and shaping the deliverables the team will work</li> <li>Helping to align team efforts with the broader strategic goals of the organization, helping to plan for future resource requirements and technology adoption</li> <li>Developing and maintaining a deep relationship with the team’s Tech Lead and Product Manager to ensure alignment and support delivery</li> <li>Collaborate with other Engineering Leaders across the business, to improve engineering processes, code quality, release management and documentation</li> <li>Supporting the recruitment process and taking responsibility for onboarding and integrating new teammates</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What You Bring</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Experience in engineering management, having previously mentored and helped to develop the careers of software engineers </li> <li>Great interpersonal skills, a servant-leadership mindset and the ability to confidently communicate with others, conveying technical content clearly and articulately to non-technical team members</li> <li>Experience in employing agile methodologies in software development processes whilst working in a matrix organization to help support the team establish and develop their ways of working</li> <li>Experience leading teams in fast-growing companies where you play a part in shaping ways of working rather than follow pre-defined ones</li> <li>A deep passion for personal development with a drive to be constantly learning and furthering your professional knowledge</li> <li>Strong organizational skills with an ability to work independently whilst planning, prioritizing and managing your workload</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Additional Eligibility Qualifications</strong></h3> <div> <ul> <li>A passion for aviation and flight simulation </li> <li>Prior experience in working with defence contracts is a plus </li> </ul> </div> <h3><strong>Benefits</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Comprehensive medical plan options </li> <li>HSA/FSA accounts </li> <li>Dental and vision coverage </li> <li>6% employer 401(k) match </li> <li>Fully paid parental leave for all new parents </li> &