Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer – Resilient Edge, Tactical Networking

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design and implement store-and-forward transport and data synchronization protocols tailored for low-bandwidth, high-latency, and DDIL field conditions.

• Develop local peer discovery and asynchronous I/O transports utilizing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, and ad-hoc mesh networks.

• Employ delay-tolerant networking principles along with local conflict-free data synchronization to facilitate offline operations.

• Create and sustain software that operates across edge devices, mobile environments, and upstream cloud services.

• Oversee tuning, memory management, and debugging for resource-constrained hardware in rugged, disconnected field deployments.

• Grasp and apply authorization and authentication security patterns suitable for DDIL and contested environments.

• Collaborate with hardware, mobile, and backend teams to ensure end-to-end functionality under both simulated and real field conditions.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in software engineering focusing on building robust systems software or distributed networking services.

• Strong command of Rust or other systems-level programming languages (Go, C, or C++).

• Proven experience with store-and-forward architectures, delay-tolerant networks (DTN), asynchronous I/O, or local device-to-device transport layers (e.g., BLE, TCP/IP, socket-level async networking).

• Practical knowledge in addressing synchronization challenges under intermittent, contested, or low-throughput network conditions (DDIL).

• Experience in Android development (NDK, Kotlin, KMP, CMP, background sync services, or Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Direct stacks) is an advantage.

• Familiarity with hybrid mobile/cloud application architecture and state reconciliation is a plus.

• Hands-on experience in testing and assessing wireless networking hardware and software in physical field or operational testing settings is beneficial.

• Background in content-addressable data structures, Merkle DAGs, or CRDTs is advantageous.

• Expertise in embedded hardware or robotics orchestration is a plus.

• Must possess legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Must be eligible to obtain the specified security clearance outlined in the job description.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary along with performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits package available.

• High-deductible HSA option with a $200/month company contribution.

• 401k matching (for US-based employees only).

• Equity options offered.

• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy.

• Parental leave available for eligible employees.

• Support for continuing education.

• Basic life insurance covered by the company.

• Supplemental life insurance options available.

• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Free parking for employees working in-office.