Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

About the Position

Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

Vannevar Labs is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) with TS/SCI clearance to join our team. In this role, you will serve as the technical owner for a mission and its associated customer engagements, working directly with operators, analysts, and technical stakeholders supporting national security missions.

Salary: $135k – $205k

Locations: Austin, New York City, Seattle, Remote

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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

We Offer

Comprehensive 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
• 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

About the Company

Vannevar Labs

Vannevar Labs is a company dedicated to defense for the digital domain. We are a growth-stage company with a strong market presence and have received significant investment from top investors. Our team is composed of experts in Information Technology, Analytics, Security, Machine Learning, Defense, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Data Visualization, Software, and Computer Vision.

Funding: $91.5M raised over 3 rounds

Perks:

• Health Insurance
• 401k Match
• Paid parental leave
• Substantial Equity
• Fully remote
• Self Managed PTO
• All Federal Holidays + Extended Winter Break
• Woman and family health benefits through Maven Health Clinic
• Monthly stipend for mental wellness
• Pet care reimbursement during travel

Founders:

• Brett Granberg, Founder

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