Open Source Lead (Anticipated)

Agile Six is a people-first, remote-work company that serves shoulder-to-shoulder with federal agencies to find innovative, human-centered solutions. We build better by putting people first. We are animated by our core values of Purpose, Wholeness, Trust, Self-Management and Inclusion. We deliver our solutions in autonomous teams of self-managed professionals (no managers here!) who genuinely care about each other and the work. We know that’s our company’s purpose – and that we can only achieve it by supporting a culture where people feel valued, self-managed, and love to come to work.

Agile Six is looking for an Open Source Lead to join a newly formed team supporting a major federal initiative to modernize and streamline government services. You will stand up and steward the program’s open-source efforts: governing codebases, cultivating a vibrant contributor community, and ensuring alignment with federal open-source policy.

Success in this role will involve building relationships with open-source program offices (OSPOs), universities, civic-tech groups, and agency stakeholders; engaging potential contributors through events such as hackathons and conferences; and creating tools and documentation that make it joyful for developers to participate and extend the platform.

This is a Key Personnel role, considered “essential to work performance.” The resumes of Key Personnel are subject to government review and approval, and any changes (such as voluntary or involuntary separation) may require government oversight.

Please note, this position is anticipated, pending contract award response.

• Governance & compliance – Establish licensing, dependency, and disclosure policies that satisfy OMB Federal Source Code Policy, M-23-16, and related directives.
• Community cultivation – Build and moderate public forums (GitHub Discussions, Slack, other platforms), host quarterly virtual meet-ups or other potentially in-person meet-ups, and partner with universities & OSPOs to expand the contributor base.
• Open source tool management – Build or configure tools that support open source adoption of and contribution to the platform (e.g. SDKs, developer portals, plugin ecosystem etc.)
• Event engagement – Plan, market, and facilitate open-source hackathons and conference workshops that accelerate adoption.
• Contribution workflow design – Publish contributor guides, code-of-conduct, CLA/DCO processes, and CI automations that lower barriers to entry.
• Participatory roadmap co-planning – Run feature-voting cycles with the Participatory Processes Lead; synthesize results into backlog recommendations.
• Inbox & issue triage – Respond to the community “Contact Us” inbox and public issues, coordinating with delivery teams to unblock contributors.
• Metrics & transparency – Report on engagement KPIs (new contributors, PR velocity, hackathon outcomes) and open-source deliverables for stakeholders.
• Inner-source enablement – Coach internal squads on reusable component patterns and upstream contribution etiquette.
• Thought leadership – Represent the organization at civic-tech events and publish blog posts that advance open government software practices.
• Pitch in on Agile Six hiring, outreach, and communities of practice as time allows; responsibilities may evolve organically with team needs.

• 8+ years of experience in open-source program management, software engineering, or developer relations.
• Demonstrated success governing public codebases, running hackathons or community events, and navigating license compliance.
• Familiarity with federal technology policy and grants-management or similarly regulated domains.
• Experience building or moderating online communities and managing contribution pipelines on GitHub (or similar).
• Experience working on an Agile team and demonstrating an Agile mindset.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and services to support partner success and a strong willingness to explore and apply AI where appropriate to improve outcomes for agencies and partners.
• Ability to work independently on high complexity tasks, and to collaborate as it makes sense for the problem and the work.
• Has lived and worked in the United States for 3 out of the last 5 years
• Some of our clients may request or require travel from time to time. If this is a concern for you, we encourage you to apply and discuss it with us at your initial interview

• Experience establishing or running an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) in the public sector.
• Track record contributing to civic-tech or government open-source projects.
• Proficiency with community-analytics tooling (Discourse, Common Room, Orbit) and engagement metrics (DAU/MAU, contributor retention).
• You are a U.S. Veteran. As a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, we recognize the transition to civilian life can be tricky, and welcome and encourage Veterans to apply.

At Agile Six, we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We’re eager to meet people who believe in our mission and who can contribute to our team in a variety of ways.

To promote pay equity, we publish a salary for each position. The salary for this role is $172,202.

Our benefits are designed to reinforce our core values of Wholeness, Self Management and Inclusion. The following benefits are available to all employees. We respect that only you know what balance means for your life and season. While we offer support from coaches, we expect you to own your wholeness, show up for work whole, and go home to your family the same. You will be seen, heard and valued. We expect you to offer the same for your colleagues, be kind (not controlling), be caring (not directive) and ready to participate in a state of flow. We mean it when we say “We build better by putting people first”.

All Sixers Enjoy:

• Self-managed work/life balance and flexibility
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for all employees
• 401(k) matching
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid short- and long-term disability & life insurance
• Generous paid time off, federal holidays, and floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Self-managed professional-development and wellness budgets

Hiring practices

Agile Six Applications, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

Note: We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas at this time.

If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation in applying for any of these positions, please reach out to [email protected]. We want to ensure you have the ability to apply for any position at Agile Six.

Please read and respond to the application questions carefully. Interviews are conducted on a rolling basis until the position has been filled.