Lead Agentic Software Engineer II

Lead Software Engineer II on the Deloitte Government & Public Services AI & Data team responsible for leading intake, prioritization, sequencing, and delivery planning across AI-enabled software and engineering workstreams. Translates stakeholder objectives into actionable requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans. Coordinates dependencies across technical teams and stakeholders to maintain delivery flow and resolve blockers. Oversees quality, completeness, and readiness of deliverables before release to client stakeholders. Guides teams on software development life cycle practices, prompt engineering approaches, systems thinking, and delivery execution.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead intake, prioritization, sequencing, and delivery planning across AI-enabled software and engineering workstreams
  2. Translate stakeholder objectives into actionable requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans
  3. Coordinate dependencies across technical teams and stakeholders to maintain delivery flow and resolve blockers
  4. Oversee quality, completeness, and readiness of deliverables before release to client stakeholders
  5. Guide teams on software development life cycle practices, prompt engineering approaches, systems thinking, and delivery execution

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Business Analytics, or Mathematics
  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, software delivery, or technical program delivery
  • 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, delivery teams, or technical workstreams
  • Experience defining requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans for software or artificial intelligence solutions
  • Experience with generative artificial intelligence, prompt engineering, software development life cycle processes, and systems-based problem solving
  • Ability to travel 10-50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting federal, state, local government, or higher education clients
  • Experience with Agile, Scrum, or Kanban delivery frameworks
  • Experience managing artificial intelligence, data, analytics, or platform implementation programs
  • Experience using Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar work management tools
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, or Business Administration
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or SAFe certification

What the JD emphasized

  • generative artificial intelligence
  • prompt engineering

Other signals

  • AI-enabled software
  • generative artificial intelligence
  • prompt engineering