COMPANY OVERVIEW

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.

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.

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.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

GROUP OVERVIEW

The Digital and Synthetic Capability Unit (D&S) 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. 

POSITION SUMMARY

Metrea is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join our software development team, building business software solutions and visualisations for the Enterprise.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, implement, and maintain well-tested, scalable code in alignment with our engineering principles and standards
• Lead the delivery of features and enhancements to production, coordinating cross-functionally where needed
• Architect, design, and implement microservices or monolithic solutions to improve functionality and performance
• Apply strong understanding of system architecture and design patterns to propose and implement effective technical solutions
• Troubleshoot, debug and resolve production issues, including conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventative improvements
• Actively contribute to code reviews, providing constructive feedback to uphold and elevate overall code quality across the team
• Collaborate effectively with teammates and stakeholders, contributing to technical discussions and leading design decisions
• Proactively identify technical debt, performance bottlenecks and architectural improvements, and drive initiatives to address them
• Consistently adhere to and help reinforce our Ways of Working, contributing to process improvements where appropriate
• Communicate progress, risks and trade-offs clearly to the team and relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment with the product roadmap