Full Time Architect

America is under sustained cyber attack. Our adversaries infiltrate our networks, steal our IP, and degrade the digital infrastructure that modern life runs on. Founded in 2024, Twenty Technologies () industrializes offensive cyber operations for the U.Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Twenty has raised $138M from Accel, Caffeinated Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Point72 Ventures, General Catalyst, and In-Q-Tel.
The Mission Architect is the senior domain expert embedded on a product team to ensure what gets built matches how users actually work. You will turn real operational workflows, constraints, and edge cases into clear product requirements, testable acceptance criteria, and high-fidelity user experiences. This role is for someone who has deep credibility in their field and wants to shape software that materially improves outcomes for practitioners.
You care deeply about building products that hold up under real operational pressure, not just in ideal test conditions.
You raise the quality bar by being exacting about workflows, usability, and what “done” actually means for the user.
You will shape workflows, information architecture, and interface behavior so the product feels native to the domain.
You will serve as the product team’s primary domain expert, helping engineers, designers, and researchers make better decisions faster.
You will support customer conversations and demonstrations, translating product capabilities into language that resonates with practitioners and leadership.
You will surface emerging user needs, new use cases, and deployment opportunities that inform future product direction.
You have 7+ years of hands-on experience as a practitioner in the product’s target domain, such as cyber operations, intelligence analysis, capability acquisition, or a comparable field.
You have experience translating complex operational workflows into structured product requirements, user stories, or other build-ready documentation.
You have helped shape user-facing tools, workflows, or interfaces used in real operational environments.
You have worked with AI/ML-powered products, including agentic systems, LLM-based workflows, or knowledge graph applications.
You have created training content, reference materials, or doctrine for operational users.
You have influenced product direction at a software company serving government or defense customers.
You might work with knowledge graph applications and products built around complex data relationships.
You might work closely with modern product and engineering teams shipping user-facing software for operational environments.
Government security clearance, depending on the product’s customer environment. Medical, dental, and vision plan options. Life / AD&D, disability coverage options.
Paid parental leave for eligible full-time employees. Paid holidays and flexible PTO. Retirement. 401(k) with pre-tax and Roth options. At the office. On-site garage parking. Bike storage. Building fitness center. Government security clearance. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected status.