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Staff Engineer (Defense)

Air Space Intelligence · Boston, US · On-site

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About Air Space Intelligence

We serve critical industries, the U.S. Government, and its allies by predicting, simulating, and optimizing their most complex operations. Backed by a16z.

About the role

As a staff engineer, you will lead the most complex and high impact technical challenges in our Defense unit. You will architect new solutions and mentor other software engineers. You will define what engineering excellence looks like.

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ASI's mission-critical technology powers decision-making across aviation, defense, energy, and other critical infrastructure domains. Backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, and Renegade Partners, ASI delivers operational decision superiority—compressing days of analysis into seconds of action. ASI is leading the way and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

As a staff engineer, you will lead the most complex and high impact technical challenges in our Defense unit. You will architect new solutions and mentor other software engineers. You will define what engineering excellence looks like.

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Strong software development skills, specifically in Python, Rust, JavaScript, Typescript.

Experience w/ building infrastructure in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform.

Proficient in leveraging modern LLM tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality.

Experience working with time-series and geospatial data.

Talent and experience to lead.

Ability to travel.

Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance is required.

Flexibility to adjust to changing business priorities.

We look at the interview process not as a screening or test, but...

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