Vannevar

Vannevar

Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Modernization (TS/SCI Clearance

Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Senior

No sponsorship$40k-$50kDetected 36 days ago
TypeScriptPythonJavaC++Cloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDSystems EngineeringCommunication

About the role

  • Our Mission teams operate like small startups within the Vannevar umbrella.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customer stakeholders, partnering with government and industry teams to understand mission requirements and deliver technical outcomes.
  • Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and mission experts to design and deliver software solutions that address complex systems engineering challenges.
  • Develop technical recommendations, demonstrations, and modernization plans that help government program offices adopt AI-enabled software engineering capabilities.
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and deploying production systems across the DoW or IC.

Requirements

  • Candidate should have strong technical communication skills and the ability to lead complex technical discussions with both engineers and senior stakeholders.
  • Proficiency in one or more of TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, or similar programming languages.
  • Experience with modern software development and deployment practices, including cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and DevSecOps.
  • Experience with Ada, CMS-2, C++, Java, or other legacy systems languages.
  • Experience with software architecture reviews, systems engineering, requirements management, verification, and validation.

Compensation

  • Salary top-up during military reserve duty

Benefits

  • We're proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees.
  • Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
  • Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
  • Fully paid parental leave
  • Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

Company info

  • Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries.
  • In the 21st century, conflict moves at algorithmic speed and foresight equals firepower.
  • Our agentic AI is purpose-built to compete with China-from cross-Strait conflict to gray zone coercion.
  • Trained on the most mission-relevant datasets in defense, our technology models adversary behavior, simulates campaigns, and recommends the best course of action to decision makers.
  • Our AI systems are some of the most trusted in the industry and actively used on the front lines of the Indo-Pacific to keep the peace and save lives.
  • Exceptional technology starts with exceptional people.
  • Vannevar is a small agile team combining world-class engineers with veteran strategists who bring deep expertise in defense and tradecraft.
  • We're building a company defined by mission impact, user empathy, and disciplined growth.
  • In just three years, we grew from $3M to $80M in ARR, achieved early profitability, and reached unicorn status-proving that disruption doesn't require an ego, and staying power doesn't mean standing still.
  • What we're looking for
  • If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you!
  • We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants.

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