Forward Deployed Team Lead, Federal

<div class="content-intro"><p>C3 AI (NYSE: AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company. C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise.&nbsp;Learn more at: <strong><a href="https://c3.ai/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">C3 AI</span></a></strong></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forward Deployed Team Leads are senior tech leads who own a federal customer end-to-end. You'll combine strong technical architecture, hands-on coding, product ownership, project management, and stakeholder communication — embedding directly with civilian agency and Department of War (DoW) / DoD customers to take our product from "design" to "in production."</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You'll own one account at a time: scope the workflow with operators, design the architecture, write the code that closes the gaps, drive ATO / cATO, and deploy into the environments the mission actually runs on — including high-side.</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><u>This role requires US Citizenship. Active Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance (Secret or higher) is preferred</u></strong><strong>.&nbsp;</strong></span></h1> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Responsibilities:</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Technical architecture. </strong>Own data flow, integration topology, identity model, and deployment topology across IL boundaries.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Hands-on coding. </strong>Write production code yourself — backend services, data pipelines, APIs, integrations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Product ownership. </strong>Own the deployment's roadmap. Execute on the Statement of work. Decide what's in scope, what's a one-off, and what should become product.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Project management. </strong>Own the plan, milestones, risks, and dependencies. When something slips, know first and flag first.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Stakeholder communication. </strong>Run customer working sessions, brief program offices, and write clean status updates senior stakeholders will actually read.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Ship into production, including high-side. </strong>Deploy across IL2 → IL5 → IL6 as the mission requires. Work hands-on inside SIPR/JWICS and air-gapped networks. Land workloads on Advana and other CDAO-managed environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Drive ATO / cATO. </strong>Partner with security, ISSMs, and AOs to get authorization. Own the SSPs, POA&amp;Ms, and accreditation artifacts.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Bridge field back to product. </strong>Push field learnings into the core platform so the next deployment is faster.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Qualifications:</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BS/MS in CS, Software Engineering, or equivalent.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6+ years shipping production software, with 2+ years as a tech lead.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Go, or C++.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated ownership of systems taken from zero to production.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Prior delivery into a U.S. federal customer (civilian and/or DoW/DoD). Working knowledge of PMOs, ATOs, AOs, ISSMs, RMF, FedRAMP, and contract vehicles.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on deployment experience inside accredited environments — IL5 minimum; IL6 / SIPR / JWICS preferred. Familiarity with Advana, cATO, and CDAO-managed environments is a strong plus.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">S. citizen, Active TS/SCI strongly preferred or willing to pursue a security clearance.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Prior tech lead or staff engineer role at a federal-focused software vendor or service software factory (Kessel Run, Kobayashi Maru, Platform One, Army Software Factory, etc.).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with AWS GovCloud / C2S, Azure Government / Government Secret, or other accredited cloud environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD into disconnected environments, data engineering at scale.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship</strong></span><strong>.</strong></span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.&nbsp;</p></div><div class="title">California Base Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$155,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$197,000 USD</span></div></div><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.&nbsp;</p></div><div class="title">Virginia Base Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$155,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$197,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p>C3 AI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristics, including disabled and veteran status.&nbsp;</p></div>