# Forward Deployed Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required) at Vannevar

- Company: Vannevar
- What the company does: Vannevar builds agentic AI for 21st-century conflict, pre-trained for national security missions and delivering decision advantage. Backed by General Catalyst and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.vannevarlabs.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2023-12-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vannevarlabs/jobs/4172631007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vannevar-forward-deployed-engineer-ts-sci-clearance-required/

## About the role

Our Mission teams operate like small startups within the Vannevar Labs umbrella. As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will serve as the technical owner for a mission and its associated customer engagements. You will work directly with operators, analysts, and technical stakeholders supporting national security missions, owning the architecture, development, deployment, and fielding of software solutions tailored to real-world operational needs.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Forward Deployed Engineering