Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer

Environment: Government/Defense

Location: San Francisco, CA OR Washington D.C.

Degree Requirements: Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder and able to work for any U.S. Employer

Position Summary:

Why Us?

• National mission: Working on a major AI initiative in the Department of War. Details are classified.
• Work alongside operators: You build in the room with Tier-1 Special Forces operators, on behalf of the government — unlike any traditional SaaS or AI company.
• Team: Ex-Stanford, defense, and startup operators — the youngest team at every defense conference, moving at Silicon Valley speed.
• Mission that matters: Put the best technology in the hands of the people who need it most — warfighters, doctors, scientists — for any company supplying the Western world.
• Well-funded and scaling fast: Valued at nine figures. $3.3M seed.

Why this Role?

• Highest-visibility seat: You're the face with the government customer, forward-deployed where the work actually happens.
• Builder, not maintainer: Gather requirements on-site and ship in real time, in fast iteration cycles.
• In the room with operators: Travel to customer sites 1–2 weeks/month and solve mission-critical problems face-to-face.
• Comp: $180K–$240K base + $50K–$500K equity over 4 years. In-person 5 days/week in SF (DC considered if strong).