Forward Deployed Engineer - Software

Description

The company builds sensing and detection systems for military users, commercial air operators and border protection teams. Its products run on a distributed network design of its own, and they were built by former U.S. military veterans and Silicon Valley engineers.

Founded in 2022, the company has raised $1B in total funding from 8VC, Accel and NEA. It is headquartered in Los Angeles and has offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and London, with 200 employees across 5 global offices.

Mission Engineers move the company's capabilities into the hands of customers. They write new software from scratch, analyse data from edge sensors, build machine learning and AI tools for practical problems, and test products in customer environments. They also send back feedback that shapes product direction, so the technology keeps pace with real mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Test, deploy and troubleshoot products in the field.
• Learn how customers work and turn those workflows into clear product and technical requirements.
• Work with core engineering teams to rank feedback, guide product direction and see work through to delivery.
• As an early engineer on a growing team, design and build new software that connects the company's capabilities to customer mission needs.
• Bring data from edge sensors into customer systems.
• Apply and build machine learning and AI solutions for specific problems, using sensor data analysis to improve performance over time.

Requirements

• Strong technical foundation, ideally in computer science, software engineering, data science, mathematics, physics, aerospace engineering or a related field.
• Proven programming skills in languages such as Python, TypeScript, JavaScript or similar.
• Able and willing to travel up to 25%, with room for longer travel periods when needed, to customer sites and to the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices.
• Preferred: at least 1 year of relevant work experience, especially in defence.
• Preferred: understanding of core concepts such as data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure and modern front-end frameworks.
• Preferred: comfortable in a command-line environment, with experience using tools such as Git, SSH and Linux-based systems.
• Preferred: experience applying machine learning or AI to real-world or customer-facing problems.
• Preferred: thinks carefully about how technical choices affect user experience, and can manage internal and external stakeholders with a mix of technical insight and practical judgement.
• Preferred: quick to learn new concepts and adapt in a fast-moving, changing environment.
• Preferred: works well both independently and in teams made up of technical and non-technical members.
• Preferred: existing UK security clearance, or eligibility to obtain one.

Conditions

Onsite role.

Travel is typically up to 25% and may be higher at times, to customer sites and to the company's offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits, 100% paid for by the company.
• 5% pension match, life insurance, Cycle to Work Scheme and other benefits.
• Free daily lunch, a 'No meeting Fridays' policy, unlimited PTO and a casual dress code.
• Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants and relocation assistance.
• Annual bonuses, listed as coming soon.