Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack
About the role
Vannevar is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to advance the design and implementation of our Decision Advantage product. This critical platform enables defense and intelligence operators to gain comprehensive situational awareness of the information environment, helping them understand and counter adversary influence operations and information warfare tactics. You will build the applications our warfighters and intelligence analysts use daily for mission-critical work, developing advanced products and features for information distillation, analysis, and visualization that enable rapid assessment of the information environment. Working alongside designers, engineers, subject matter experts, and operational users, you will transform complex intelligence requirements into intuitive, mission-ready workflows that directly support national security objectives.
In this role, you will work in a small cross-functional team focused on delivering Decision Advantage capabilities to defense customers engaged in strategic competition with near-peer adversaries. You will work on all aspects of the product - everything from data (extraction, ingestion), backend (storage, indexing, APIs), frontend, AI analysis (agents), and more. The platform has a strong foundation to build upon and there is a ton a opportunity to make an impact as we take it to the next level.
Note: this role is also open to staff+ candidates.
What you’ll do
Design, build, and ship a cutting edge identity search platform using TypeScript, React, Tailwind, and Node.js
Partner with customers, mission owners, designers, and other engineers to understand user workflows and create 10x better solutions for their problems
Implement and maintain search and agentic AI systems for high-scale data, both tabular and graph shaped
Help define and shape the future of the product
What we’re looking for
5+ years of professional software development experience
Expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres, and AWS
Hands-on experience with at least one major search engine (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch)
Prior experience working in a user-facing product role
Nice to Have
Active Security clearance or ability to obtain one and desire to travel to visit users, collect feedback, and debug issues
Prior experience developing AI-native products
Understanding of search concepts like indexing, ranking, query parsing, and tokenization
What we offer
We’re proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Remote friendly with WeWork access
Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
401(k) match
Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
Salary top-up during military reserve duty
Fully paid parental leave
Child and pet care reimbursement during travel