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About the Role
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be a core engineer working directly with high-consequence customers. You will write production code, extend the platform, and deploy agentic AI systems into sensitive government environments, owning the full arc from scoping and integration through live operation and customer trust.
Responsibilities
- Build production features and extend agent capabilities with the core engineering team.
- Deploy and operate agentic AI systems in government and defense environments.
- Own integrations, infrastructure, live operation, troubleshooting, and technical customer relationships.
- Build rapid prototypes and field-expedient solutions under ambiguous conditions.
- Turn field requirements and edge cases into durable product improvements.
- Maintain infrastructure across varied hardware, networking, and security environments.
- Travel periodically to federal customer sites, primarily in the Washington, D.C. and DMV area.
Requirements
- 4 to 7 years of experience as a software engineer or Forward Deployed Engineer.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and production Python fluency.
- Comfort with Linux, shell scripting, integrations, infrastructure, and hands-on debugging.
- Experience owning a deployment end to end in a client-facing or internal environment.
- Experience doing technical work in an unstructured, customer-facing, or field environment.
- Success in a high-bar engineering organization, ideally a venture-backed startup or leading defense-technology company.
- Strong communication, judgment, urgency, and independent execution.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance. An active clearance is strongly preferred.
- Ability to work five days per week in the New York City office and travel periodically to federal customers.
- This role cannot sponsor visas.
- Candidates must be U.S. citizens and eligible to obtain a security clearance.
Skills
- Production Python
- Linux
- Shell scripting
- Integrations
- Infrastructure
- Hands-on debugging
- Communication
- Judgment
- Urgency
- Independent execution
Location
- New York City
- Washington, D.C. and DMV area
Work Type
- Onsite
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000 to $250,000 base salary
- 0.30% to 0.48% equity
Benefits
- Relocation support is available.
About the Company
- Early-stage national-security technology company building agentic AI systems for U.S. intelligence, defense, and law-enforcement missions.
- Founded in 2025 and backed by $16.5M in seed funding.
- Already deploying with government customers.