--- title: 'Tech Lead/Principal Engineer, Public Sector at Exiger' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/tech-lead-principal-engineer-public-sector-exiger-mclean-virginia-d359mtv0ct47' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Tech Lead/Principal Engineer, Public Sector at Exiger - **Company:** Exiger - **Location:** Mclean Virginia, United States / New York New York, United States / Richmond Virginia, United States - **Posted:** 2026-08-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://www.exiger.com/careers/6150400004?gh_jid=6150400004 ## Job description Who We Are: Exiger transforms supply chains into a strategic advantage, advancing our mission to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. Our AI platform, 1Exiger, delivers instant visibility into complex supplier ecosystems, leveraging proprietary data and advanced AI to surface risk, automate compliance, and unlock efficiencies and cost savings to strengthen long-term resilience. Trusted by 550+ global customers, including Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, Exiger is a recognized, award-winning leader in supply chain AI and a FedRAMP® authorized provider to the federal government. Location: U.S. (Hybrid or Remote) Work Environment: Hybrid / Remote, with travel to customer sites as engagements require ## About Exiger Exiger is transforming how governments and global enterprises manage supply chain, risk, and compliance. Our flagship AI platform, 1Exiger, unifies supplier, product, part, component, and risk data into a single platform spanning Supply Chain, Risk & Compliance, and Software Supply Chain Security. Exiger serves more than 60 federal agencies and 150 Fortune 500 companies, is FedRAMP Authorized, and was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supplier Risk Management Solutions. Exiger's EGS Delivery organization partners directly with U.S. federal agencies to deploy AI-driven supply chain, risk, and mission-intelligence capabilities. Our engineering team is centralized: we build reusable solutions once and replicate them across the federal programs we serve, working directly with the mission owners and program leadership who depend on them. Engineers here stay customer-facing while building for a portfolio, not a single program. ## About the Role We are hiring a Database Engineer to own the data plane patterns our federal programs run on. Rather than administering one program's databases, you will build the database engineering practice that every program inherits: reference schema conventions, replication and recovery patterns proven by real drills, zero-downtime migration tooling, and the security posture that keeps production data stores authorizable inside a FedRAMP boundary. When a new program stands up, its data plane starts from your patterns instead of from scratch. The role stays hands-on and production-facing. You will operate shared data infrastructure, support program teams running data planes built on your patterns, carry escalation for the hardest database problems across engagements, and represent data posture (residency, retention, encryption, access) in customer-context conversations. ## What You'll Do - Own the reference database posture programs adopt: instance design, replication topology, parameter tuning, connection management, query plan health. - Set and govern schema conventions across programs. Treat schema as an interface other engineers consume, and the conventions as a product they inherit. - Build the backup, restore, and disaster-recovery patterns as reusable tooling, proven by real recovery drills, not program-by-program improvisation. - Own database security patterns inside the FedRAMP boundary: encryption at rest and in transit, least-privilege access, audit logging, replicated across engagements. - Build and maintain zero-downtime migration and schema change tooling program teams use on live traffic. - Partner with Platform Engineering on the shared infrastructure seam (cluster topology, parameter groups, snapshot policy, monitoring) and with Data Engineering on the production-to-analytics seam. - Support program teams operating on your patterns, and carry escalation on-call for the data plane across the portfolio. - Sit in customer-context conversations about data posture (residency, retention, encryption, access) across programs. ## What You Need - 5+ years of production database engineering at scale on at least one major relational engine (PostgreSQL preferred; Aurora, MySQL, or Oracle at depth also acceptable). - Strong query plan literacy; can read EXPLAIN ANALYZE and reason about it without a profiler. - Production experience with zero-downtime schema migrations on live traffic. - Production experience with at least one OLAP or analytics store (Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, ClickHouse). - Production experience on AWS, particularly RDS / Aurora (PostgreSQL flavor preferred). - Hands-on experience inside a FedRAMP boundary (Moderate or High). - Experience building database patterns, tooling, or standards consumed by teams beyond your own (central DBRE / DBA practice experience is directly relevant). - Familiarity with the database side of an ATO continuous-monitoring cycle. - Strong customer-facing posture: comfortable explaining data residency, retention, and encryption decisions in front of a customer. - Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance. ## Nice to Have - Hands-on experience with both row-store and column-store engines in the same environment. - Familiarity with logical replication topologies (Postgres logical replication, AWS DMS) for CDC into an analytics layer. - Experience with vector storage (pgvector, OpenSearch k-NN, Pinecone) for ML retrieval workloads. - Experience with database security tooling at federal grade (TDE, Vault, AWS KMS with customer-managed keys). - PostGIS or other spatial extension experience for geospatial domains. - Experience operating in IL5, IL6, or JWICS environments. Clearance Requirements Active U.S. Government security clearance preferred (Secret minimum for most engagements; TS or TS/SCI required for a subset). Candidates without an active clearance must be able to obtain one. Clearance level will be confirmed at offer. ## Why You'll Love Working at Exiger - High-performance culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence. - Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off. - Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits. - Competitive compensation package. - 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave. - Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable. - Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming. - Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications. Exiger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Exiger is named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management, twice selected as one of Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter,' and recipient of the Third Party Risk Association's Innovator Award, Exiger's technology has been recognized by leading analyst evaluations and 50+ awards. 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At Exiger, our values define how we work and why we lead. We are mission-inspired, imagination-driven, trust-anchored, and compassion-focused—committed to building technology that makes the world safer, more transparent, and more resilient. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. Exiger’s hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs. ## About Exiger ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Exiger provides a supply chain AI platform that gives organizations end-to-end visibility into their supplier ecosystems to manage risk, compliance, and resilience. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by The Carlyle Group in December 2023) - **Headquarters**: McLean, Virginia, United States - **Founded**: 2013 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Supply chain management, risk management, compliance, third-party risk management, software supply chain security - **Target customers**: B2B – Fortune 500 companies, U.S. federal agencies (60+), banks, and other large enterprises - **Mission statement**: To make the world a safe and transparent place to succeed. ## Products & Services - **1Exiger Platform (SaaS)**: The company’s flagship, purpose-built technology platform that unifies supplier, product, part, component, and risk data into a single pane of glass. It covers Trade Compliance, Supplier Risk Management, Enhanced Due Diligence, Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), Know Your Customer (KYC), and Software Supply Chain Security. Leverages proprietary data and advanced agentic AI to proactively surface risks, automate compliance, and accelerate procurement. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Acquired by The Carlyle Group in December 2023 for **$1.2 billion** (private transaction) - **Annual Revenue**: ~**$150 million** (LinkedIn estimate; company does not publicly disclose audited revenue) - **Total Funding**: **$182 million** across prior rounds (debt financing from Monroe Capital and venture round from Carrick Capital Partners) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: The Carlyle Group (owner), Monroe Capital, Carrick Capital Partners. Board includes former government officials and industry leaders such as Charles Rossotti (former IRS Commissioner) and The Honorable Ellen Lord (former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense). - **Growth Signals**: - Named a **Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management Solutions** (two years in a row) - Acquired four companies in 2024: Lokasenna Labs, XSB, Versed AI, and aDolus Technology - Recognized by Fast Company as a “Brand That Matters” for two consecutive years - **FedRAMP® authorized** – largest provider of supply chain technology to the U.S. Federal Government - Serves **150+ Fortune 500 clients** and **60+ federal agencies** ## Competitive Advantages - **Government trust**: FedRAMP authorized and deeply embedded in U.S. defense and federal supply chain security - **AI-first platform**: Proprietary agentic AI and data sets that provide real-time risk detection and compliance automation - **Scale**: Largest supplier of supply chain technology to the U.S. government; 550+ global customers - **Award-winning technology**: Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader, TPRA Innovator Award, 50+ industry awards - **Comprehensive data**: Maps multi-tier suppliers, components, and software dependencies across physical and digital supply chains ## Strategic Focus - Expand leadership in supply chain AI for both government and commercial sectors - Deepen integration of acquired companies’ capabilities (e.g., software bill of materials, AI-driven supply chain mapping) - Continue to automate compliance and risk detection workflows using agents and large language models - Likely focus on growth in Europe and Asia-Pacific given existing office presence in 20 countries ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes “excellence through diversity of thought, inclusive and innovative problem solving, and keeping clients at the center” - **Benefits**: Competitive compensation, on-the-job growth opportunities, generous benefits, and perks (specific details not publicly listed but described as “exceptional”) - **Work Environment**: Global company with 10 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated, but roles appear to be office-based or hybrid depending on location - **Engineering Culture**: Fast-paced, mission-driven environment building AI-powered risk management tools used by Fortune 500s and the U.S. government. Open roles include Forward Deployed Engineer, Platform Engineer, Engineering Manager, and Solutions Architect - **Growth Opportunities**: 46 active job postings (as of latest data); yearly job postings up 24%. Employee background includes alumni from Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, JPMorgan, and Amazon, indicating strong talent development ## Sources 1. [exiger.com/about](https://www.exiger.com/about/) 2. [exiger.com](https://www.exiger.com/) 3. [exiger.com/careers](https://www.exiger.com/careers/) 4. [exiger.com/management-team](https://www.exiger.com/management-team/) 5. 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