Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Active Clearance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Take responsibility for software solutions that encompass core mesh platforms, data interfaces, and release management directly delivered to customers.

• Implement well-structured systems utilizing contemporary software engineering methodologies, including code and design evaluations.

• Advocate for scalability, reliability, testability, portability, and maintainability.

• Guide software solutions from inception to completion, collaborating with end-users to convert complex requirements into functional features.

• Work collaboratively across teams to plan, develop, and test intricate, cross-functional functionalities.

• Generate and assess monitoring metrics, address production issues, identify root causes of failures, and coordinate subsequent actions.

• Travel 10%–30% to engage with customers, collaborate with global colleagues, comprehend operational conditions, and build, test, and deploy capabilities in the field.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must currently hold and be able to maintain an active U.S. Secret Clearance.

• Strong engineering background, either from industry or academics, preferably in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Networking, Mathematics, or Physics.

• A minimum of 3-10+ years of experience with programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, C++, Rust, etc.

• Experience in developing software solutions that involve extensive data processing and analysis.

• Capability to quickly grasp and navigate complex systems and established codebases.

• A passion for working on critical software that has tangible real-world implications.

• Preferred: experience in working with and designing distributed systems.

• Preferred: a proven track record of delivering high-quality outcomes at pace, ideally in a startup or high-growth setting.

• Preferred: extensive networking experience, particularly with distributed systems functioning in non-standard networking environments.

• Preferred: familiarity with AWS, Azure, networking, security, and distributed systems.

• Preferred: a strong understanding of computers and networks.

• Preferred: professional experience in the software development lifecycle utilizing version control and CI/CD systems.

• Preferred: knowledge of monitoring, logging, and data management tools and best practices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers.

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package available at minimal to no cost to employees.

• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees.