Software Project Lead at Red Cell Partners
$175,000–$215,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
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Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A fully remote Software Project Lead role at an AI/optimization company, owning end-to-end design, architecture, and delivery of a mission-critical government program. The role requires hands-on front-end and data-visualization engineering alongside team leadership, customer-facing requirements work, and managing the full unclassified-to-secure (air-gapped) software delivery path. An active Secret clearance and US citizenship are hard requirements.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
The title 'Software Project Lead' carries no standard seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; the 8+ years requirement and end-to-end program ownership scope support a Senior classification.
The role sits between a hands-on senior IC (15-1252) and a people/program manager (11-3021): it leads a small team and owns delivery, but the JD emphasizes writing and reviewing code directly and personally building core surfaces, so Software Developers is the primary classification.
React/TypeScript is listed under Required Qualifications with 'or equivalent' — React is marked required with common front-end framework alternatives; TypeScript is listed alongside React as the named equivalent and is treated as a separate required skill.
Python, JavaScript, SQL, and containerized deployment appear only under Preferred Qualifications ('Comfortable across a modern software stack') and are marked preferred accordingly.
Docker is inferred as the containerization technology from 'containerized cloud deployment' in the preferred stack description — no specific container tool is named, so it is marked preferred.
Iron Bank, Platform One, RMF, and related government secure-software platforms appear only under Preferred Qualifications and are marked preferred.
Deep RMF/ATO ownership is explicitly called 'a plus, not a requirement' in the Required Qualifications section itself.
US Citizenship is a hard requirement but is not a named technology skill — it is captured via the clearance requirement field (active Secret clearance) and noted here.
No CBSA is applicable; the role is fully remote with travel to unspecified customer/HQ/vendor sites.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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