Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to build production-quality systems
Experience with backend engineering, distributed systems, APIs, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, or applied AI/ML systems
Ability to operate in ambiguous customer environments and turn unclear requirements into working software
Strong technical communication skills with engineers, product teams, executives, and customer stakeholders
Comfort working across the full stack when needed, including backend services, frontend interfaces, infrastructure, integrations, and deployment workflows
High ownership, bias for action, and ability to drive outcomes without waiting for perfect requirements
Strong debugging instincts and ability to reason across application code, data, infrastructure, networking, and customer systems
Interest in national-security missions and willingness to work in secure or restricted environments
Active U.S. Security Secret Clearance
Experience working with federal, defense, intelligence, or other regulated customers
Active Top Secret, or TS/SCI clearance
Prior experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Mission Engineer, Product Engineer, Platform Engineer, or founding/startup engineer
Experience with AI agents, LLM applications, workflow orchestration, evals, guardrails, retrieval systems, or model deployment
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or government cloud environments
Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, observability, and secure deployment practices
Familiarity with identity and access management, audit logging, data governance, and secure software delivery
Experience building in environments with compliance, security, or operational constraints
Technical Stack
Our stack may include TypeScript, Python, Java, React, FastAPI or similar backend frameworks, Postgres, cloud infrastructure, containerized services, workflow orchestration, observability tooling, and LLM / agentic AI frameworks. We care less about exact tool familiarity and more about strong engineering judgment, adaptability, and ability to ship in complex environments
Clearance
Because this role supports federal and national-security customers, U.S. citizenship is required with an active security clearance
Location
Washington, DC / Northern Virginia or in another area near a U.S. military concentration preferred. This role may require regular customer-facing work, including virtual and onsite meetings, secure-facility work, or travel depending on program needs (~25%)
Why This Role
This is a chance to build software that directly supports national-security missions. You will work on high-impact problems where AI, automation, and modern engineering can materially improve how mission teams operate. You will not be far removed from the user or buried in a narrow implementation lane; you will be expected to understand the mission, build the system, deploy it, and make it work in the real world
If you want to be on the cutting edge of technology, building AI solutions for the future, and are up for a challenge, let’s talk!