Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

About the role

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

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will serve as the technical owner for a mission and its associated customer engagements.

You will work directly with operators analysts and technical stakeholders supporting national security missions owning the architecture development deployment and fielding of software solutions tailored to real-world operational needs.

In this role you will act as a senior technical counterpart to customer stakeholders — translating mission requirements into scalable software navigating government technical environments and ensuring capabilities are delivered reliably into production.

You will collaborate closely with product design platform engineering and mission teammates to deliver high-impact outcomes while remaining a hands-on individual contributor.

What you'll do

• Architect build and own software solutions deployed directly to customer environments in support of mission-critical use cases
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customer stakeholders engaging with senior technical leaders to understand mission needs and represent Vannevar’s technical approach
• Own end-to-end technical delivery for your mission workstreams from requirements gathering and system design through implementation deployment and sustainment
• Contribute hands-on code to improve product capabilities performance and scalability across customer use cases
• Build software that enables users to unlock value from large-scale data holdings including text multimedia and geospatial datasets spanning over 46 languages
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners — including engineers product designers and mission domain experts — to plan and deliver complex software features
• Support government-facing technical artifacts as needed including input to RFIs RFPs Statements of Work and white papers
• Navigate and integrate with government IT ecosystems ensuring solutions meet security compliance and operational constraints
• This is a fully remote role but traveling is required - travel up to 20–30% to engage directly with mission owners and deliver capabilities in the field

What you should have

• 5+ years as a Full Stack Developer including familiarity with relational databases (like Postgres) caching technologies (like Redis) object storage systems (like S3) and modern front-end frameworks (like React)
• Experience developing and deploying software compliant with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Experience interfacing with government owned IT systems (for example data platforms IdAM providers SIEM CDSs etc)
• Experience working with government IT and program offices to scope technical requirements architecture and integrations
• Experience working with end users to scope mission requirements conduct user testing and gain product feedback
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Must hold an active U.S.

  TS Security clearance with SCI Eligibility

What we offer

Comprehensive Benefits

• Health dental and vision insurance
• Remote friendly with WeWork access
• Unlimited PTO shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar and company-wide off time at the end of each year
• 401(k) match
• Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty
• Fully paid parental leave
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel