Lavendo

Forward Deployed Engineer, Defense Tech (SJ)

San Jose

No sponsorship$35k-$50kDetected 23 days ago

PythonJavaRustAndroidLinuxCybersecurityEmbedded SystemsRoboticsAR/VRLeadershipProblem SolvingAdaptability

About the role

Our client needs someone who is good in the field - debugging a networking failure in a windowless room with no internet, representing the company in front of a program director, and shipping a fix before the end of the week.
You'll be the face of the company on the front line.
A real engineer who writes production code on-site, solves problems no one anticipated, and brings the signal back to the core team so the product gets better - fast.

Collaborate with a core engineering team of PhDs and domain specialists to resolve complex challenges that only surface in the real world
You operate without a playbook - when one doesn't exist in the field, you build it

Proficiency in at least one low-level language (C, Rust) and comfort in Android/Java. must be polyglot and adaptable across abstraction levels

Meaningful equity at an early stage - 55 people, $70M raised, U.S. Army contracts in hand; the opportunity to join at this stage won't last long
$165,000-$220,000 base + unlimited PTO
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k), HSA & FSA
Commuter benefit and AI platform credits

This isn't consumer tech.
It's not a wellness app or a B2B dashboard.
It's hardware and software that functions in air-gapped, austere, and fully disconnected environments - places where cloud-dependent tools simply fail.
The company is two years old, 55 people strong, and already holds real U.S. Army contracts.
They just closed a $57.5M round.
The ground floor has a very short window.
Multiply the effectiveness of every individual on the front line - whether that's a soldier on a dismounted patrol, a technician maintaining a rocket, or an operator managing a power plant.
In an era when skilled workers are retiring and global competition demands data-driven action, our client stands for renewed frontline grit, elevated for decisive action in all conditions.
Our client builds integrated task systems - mixed reality headsets fused with compute hardware, on-body sensors, AI, and networking - purpose-built for the people doing the hardest work in the world: dismounted soldiers, submarine technicians, aircraft maintainers, power plant operators.
Lavendo partners with startups and high‑growth companies to help them hire top‑tier sales, GTM, and technical talent.

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