Vannevar

Role Description As a Senior Mission Manager, you will serve as a senior mission-facing leader responsible for driving program-based adoption of Vannevar Labs’ technology within government program offices. This is a highly autonomous role that requires deep mission credibility, strong technical intuition, and the ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, early-stage program environments. What you’ll do - Lead engagements with program offices (PEOs, PMWs, PMOs, and equivalent organizations) to identify mission problems that Vannevar Labs’ technology can solve. - Translate program needs into technical narratives, clearly explaining how our software and agent-based capabilities map to requirements, constraints, and outcomes. - Scope and shape program-based pilots, defining objectives, success criteria, timelines, and pathways to scale. - Pitch the technology with credibility, leveraging your mission and domain background to build trust with program managers and technical authorities. - Navigate programmatic realities, including requirements development, budgeting cycles, contracting pathways, and stakeholder coordination. - Partner closely with product managers and engineers to ensure mission context is accurately reflected in technical scope, tradeoffs, and delivery plans. - Convert successful pilots into sustained programs, helping program offices justify follow-on funding and broader adoption. - Represent Vannevar Labs within the program ecosystem as a mission-credible, technically fluent partner. Qualifications - 15–20+ years of experience in government or defense missions, typically as a retired O5/O6 or senior enlisted or civilian equivalent. - Deep expertise in a specific mission or technical domain (e.g., cyber, information warfare, ISR, networks, operational intelligence, warfare systems/command and control). - Strong ability to scope, pitch, and sell technical solutions to senior government stakeholders. - Proven experience navigating programmatic realities, including budgets, requirements, authorities, timelines, and stakeholder dynamics. - Sufficient technical fluency to understand modern software systems and agent-based approaches. - Demonstrated scrappiness and bias toward action — comfortable operating in ambiguity and pushing programs forward without perfect structure. - High enthusiasm for building something new and shaping how cutting-edge technology is adopted inside government. - Bonus of having acquisition, resource sponsor, or program manager experience. What we value - Mission-first mindset with a focus on real operational outcomes. - Technical credibility paired with humility — able to learn quickly and ask the right questions. - Clarity and precision in communication, especially with senior leaders. - Ownership mentality — taking responsibility for moving programs from idea to execution. - Low ego, high trust, and comfort collaborating across product, engineering, and mission teams. Benefits - Competitive Salary: The salary range for this position is $180,000 - $220,000 + equity. - Comprehensive Benefits: 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.

Role Description We are looking for a Mission Lead, International to help Vannevar build and deepen relationships with allied defense and national security organizations around the world. This role sits at the intersection of business development, mission execution, and customer success. Roughly 50% of your time will be focused on identifying, developing, and expanding international opportunities, while the other 50% will be spent ensuring customers achieve meaningful operational outcomes with Vannevar's products. You will serve as both a trusted advisor and a strategic growth partner to allied military and government organizations. On any given trip, you may find yourself: - Briefing senior military leaders - Demonstrating Vannevar's software to operational users - Identifying new mission opportunities - Supporting a pilot deployment - Helping a customer navigate the path from initial interest to long-term adoption U.S. Persons status with at least a current Top Secret US DoD or IC clearance is required. This is a customer-facing role with required travel to Europe (50% travel). Qualifications - 8+ years of experience in defense, intelligence, national security, government technology, or related fields - Experience working directly with military, intelligence, or government customers - Experience in business development, strategic growth, customer success, mission operations, or a combination thereof - Familiarity with international defense markets and government procurement processes - Ability to lead both business development conversations and customer success engagements - Strong executive presence and ability to communicate effectively with audiences ranging from operational users to senior government leaders - Demonstrated ability to build trust, influence stakeholders, and drive outcomes in complex organizations - Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments with minimal oversight - Willingness to travel frequently, including international travel Requirements - Experience supporting international business development efforts within defense or national security organizations - Familiarity with Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Direct Commercial Sales (DCS), security cooperation programs, or other international acquisition mechanisms - Experience working with allied and partner nation militaries Benefits - The salary range for this position is $150,000-$170,000 + equity + 401K match - Health, dental, and vision insurance - 100% remote first culture. You can work from anywhere in the US and all full-time employees have WeWork access - Unlimited PTO including competitive vacation and holiday schedules - Lifestyle stipends - Monthly mental health, wellness & fitness stipend, in-home office setup stipend and family planning assistance - Salary top-up during military reserve duty - Fully paid parental leave - Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

Role Description Vannevar is building the future of national security enablement with agentic AI. Our platform tightens the loop from observation to action by giving warfighters cutting-edge analysis tools to make better decisions, faster. We’re looking for a talented Software Engineering Manager to lead our Mission Agents engineering team. This team builds the agent-powered mission console, product surfaces, and workflow infrastructure that enable mission owners in the defense and national security space to leverage AI agents to drive real operational outcomes. Your team will partner closely with customers, mission owners, designers, product leaders, and engineers to build lasting products where users are meaningfully enabled by AI. You’ll be responsible for leading the team that designs, ships, and scales full-stack agentic workflows. This role is ideal for a product-minded engineering leader who can combine strong management fundamentals with deep technical judgment around AI-native product development. You’ll help the team move quickly, iterate with users, and build pragmatic, high-impact agentic systems for national security missions. What You’ll Do - Product engineering: Lead the Mission Agents team in designing, building, and shipping a cutting-edge agent-powered mission console using TypeScript, React, Tailwind, Node.js, Python, Postgres, and AWS. - Agent leadership: Guide the implementation and scaling of robust agentic workflows that enable missions at scale, using modern agent frameworks and patterns. - Customer and mission partnership: Partner with customers, mission owners, designers, and product teams to understand user workflows and drive concrete outcomes aligned with real-world operator workflows. - AI-native product strategy: Help define and shape how users are enabled by AI and agents at Vannevar, balancing ambitious product vision with reliable execution. - Developer and team acceleration: Reduce friction and duplication across the team by building strong technical patterns, reusable services, and clear product engineering practices. - Team leadership: Grow and mentor a high-performing team of full-stack engineers. Foster a strong engineering culture focused on pragmatism, velocity, ownership, and mission impact. - Cross-functional execution: Collaborate with Design, Platform, and Product teams to deliver durable, reliable, agentic software. Qualifications - 3+ years of experience leading and building software engineering teams, ideally in product engineering, AI/ML, or related domains. - 8+ years of professional software development experience, with strong technical judgment across full-stack systems. - Familiarity with agentic AI products and workflows, including frameworks such as LangGraph, Agno, Pydantic AI, or similar systems. - Strong product instincts and prior experience working directly with users, customers, or mission owners to understand workflows, collect feedback, and ship better solutions. - Ability to lead teams through ambiguity, balancing speed, reliability, security, and mission impact. - Track record of data-driven decision making - argue with metrics, not gut feelings. - Excellent communication skills, cross-functional leadership, and project ownership. - Proficiency with: - Coding in Python, TypeScript, or similar. - PostgreSQL, or other relational databases. - Software development in AWS or other cloud services. - Willingness to travel to offsites, team syncs, and customer sites. - U.S. Citizenship, required to access U.S.-only data systems. Nice to Have - Active security clearance or ability/willingness to obtain one. - Prior experience building software for defense, national security or intelligence use cases. Benefits - 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.

Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries. In the 21st century, conflict moves at algorithmic speed and foresight equals firepower. Our agentic AI is purpose-built to compete with China—from cross-Strait conflict to gray zone coercion. Trained on the most mission-relevant datasets in defense, our technology models adversary behavior, simulates campaigns, and recommends the best course of action to decision makers. Our AI systems are some of the most trusted in the industry and actively used on the front lines of the Indo-Pacific to keep the peace and save lives. Exceptional technology starts with exceptional people. Vannevar is a small agile team combining world-class engineers with veteran strategists who bring deep expertise in defense and tradecraft. We’re building a company defined by mission impact, user empathy, and disciplined growth. In just three years, we grew from $3M to $80M in ARR, achieved early profitability, and reached unicorn status—proving that disruption doesn’t require an ego, and staying power doesn’t mean standing still. About the role Mission Leads are customer-facing owners of mission outcomes. You will lead engagements with government stakeholders to identify high-value mission problems, shape pilots and deployments, and turn demonstrated mission value into durable, funded programs. This role blends mission credibility with strong execution and technical intuition. You will operate with high autonomy in ambiguous environments, translate mission needs into clear technical narratives, and coordinate across functional teams (Product, Engineering, Mission, Security, and Operations) to deliver and scale. This is a customer-facing role required to be based on the East Coast (preferably Washington D.C.). Candidates should have experience in the SOF community or PSYOPs/IO community, and work will require time in secure or classified environments and frequent travel. U.S. Persons status with at least a current Top Secret US DoD or IC clearance is required. This is a customer-facing role required to be based on the East Coast. Work will require time in secure or classified environments and periodic travel. What you'll do - Lead mission engagements. Build trusted relationships with operational, technical, and leadership stakeholders to understand mission needs, constraints, and success criteria. - Translate mission problems into plans. Turn mission needs into clear problem statements, requirements, milestones, and measurable outcomes. - Shape pilots and pathways to scale. Define objectives, timelines, and adoption plans that convert early wins into sustained programs. - Communicate the “why” and the “how.” Create crisp technical narratives that map our agent-based capabilities to mission requirements and operational constraints. - Run the operating cadence. Lead weekly customer syncs, internal standups, executive updates/QBRs, action-item tracking, and risk reviews, as applicable. - Coordinate cross-functional delivery. Partner closely with Product and Engineering to ensure mission context is reflected in scope, tradeoffs, and delivery plans. - Navigate program realities. Help stakeholders work through requirements development, budgeting cycles, contracting pathways, and coordination across organizations. - Enable adoption. Coordinate onboarding, training, and customer success so the customer can use and sustain the capability. - Maintain durable account knowledge. Keep high-signal documentation in Notion: stakeholders, org charts, use cases, timelines, deliverables, decisions, and lessons learned. - Support expansion. Identify adjacent use cases and partner with Account teams where applicable. What we're looking for - 6+ years owning outcomes in complex customer environments (preferably in the SOF or PSYOPs/IO community) - Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functionally without consistent guidance - Strong written and verbal communication; able to synthesize ambiguity into clear plans and execution - Ability to scope and articulate a solution credibly: connect mission problems to software capabilities and measurable outcomes - Sufficient technical fluency to partner effectively with Product and Engineering and translate complex concepts into mission-relevant narratives - Strong operational skills: planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, and follow-through Nice to have - Experience with deployments or fielding in secure/regulated environments (e.g., ATO/IL environments, classified workflows, compliance constraints) - Experience navigating within programs (requirements, budgets, authorities, timelines, contracting pathways) - Deep expertise in a specific mission or technical domain (e.g., cyber, information warfare, ISR, networks, operations, warfare systems/command and control) - Experience running executive-level customer updates (QBRs, steering committees) The salary range for this position is $150,000-$170,000 + equity + 401K match. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training. - Health, dental, and vision insurance - 100% remote first culture. You can work from anywhere in the US and all full time employees have WeWork access - Unlimited PTO including competitive vacation and holiday schedules - Lifestyle stipends - Monthly mental health, wellness & fitness stipend, in-home office setup stipend and family planning assistance - Salary top-up during military reserve duty - Fully paid parental leave - Child and pet care reimbursement during travel Vannevar is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you! IMPORTANT NOTICE We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.

Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries. In the 21st century, conflict moves at algorithmic speed and foresight equals firepower. Our agentic AI is purpose-built to compete with China—from cross-Strait conflict to gray zone coercion. Trained on the most mission-relevant datasets in defense, our technology models adversary behavior, simulates campaigns, and recommends the best course of action to decision makers. Our AI systems are some of the most trusted in the industry and actively used on the front lines of the Indo-Pacific to keep the peace and save lives. Exceptional technology starts with exceptional people. Vannevar is a small agile team combining world-class engineers with veteran strategists who bring deep expertise in defense and tradecraft. We’re building a company defined by mission impact, user empathy, and disciplined growth. In just three years, we grew from $3M to $80M in ARR, achieved early profitability, and reached unicorn status—proving that disruption doesn’t require an ego, and staying power doesn’t mean standing still. About the role We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build and refine our data collection and processing applications. You’ll be in charge of scraping the web for mission critical data and then building out pipelines for those data. We also do something common in Silicon Valley tech companies but radical in the defense space: we develop and test products side-by-side with our users, including on US military bases and remote locations abroad. Our engineering culture is about empathizing with users and building software products that deliver maximum mission impact. Your decisions today will have a large impact on the company today and into the future. We believe that simple systems are easier to understand, maintain, and scale - we prefer pragmatic, product-centric solutions. You are innovative: willing to take risks, think critically about novel solutions, and advocate for your ideas while seeking feedback and collaboration. You will be making trade-offs as you work to ensure that our systems are prepared to scale — being able to effectively communicate these trade-offs with your teammates is a must. What you’ll do - Develop innovative solutions collecting data from various online sources - Work side-by-side with our mission team and product managers to ideate software solutions - Design client-side and server-side architecture - Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications - Write effective APIs - Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency - Write technical documentation - Collaborate with analysts to improve software You might be a fit if you - 4+ years as a Backend Engineer or similar role - Experience with Python - Familiarity with relational databases - Excellent communication and teamwork skills - Experience scraping data or a strong desire to learn - U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems with the ability to obtain security clearance Nice to haves - Experience with AWS - Experience with ElasticSearch - Experience with Docker - Experiences with caching databases (e.g. Redis) What we look for - Grit and creativity to keep going when faced with a roadblock. - Success in working problems to conclusion and trying different approaches until one works. - Ability to work autonomously. - Demonstrated bias towards achieving an outcome even if it requires helping or doing the job of someone else on another team. - Active TS / SCI Clearance is a plus but not needed 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 Vannevar is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you! IMPORTANT NOTICE We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.

Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries. In the 21st century, conflict moves at algorithmic speed and foresight equals firepower. Our agentic AI is purpose-built to compete with China—from cross-Strait conflict to gray zone coercion. Trained on the most mission-relevant datasets in defense, our technology models adversary behavior, simulates campaigns, and recommends the best course of action to decision makers. Our AI systems are some of the most trusted in the industry and actively used on the front lines of the Indo-Pacific to keep the peace and save lives. Exceptional technology starts with exceptional people. Vannevar is a small agile team combining world-class engineers with veteran strategists who bring deep expertise in defense and tradecraft. We’re building a company defined by mission impact, user empathy, and disciplined growth. In just three years, we grew from $3M to $80M in ARR, achieved early profitability, and reached unicorn status—proving that disruption doesn’t require an ego, and staying power doesn’t mean standing still. What you’ll do - Source, qualify, and develop new business opportunities across target industries or agencies - Coordinate partner activities across multiple simultaneous engagements while maintaining clear communication and operational rigor. - Drive end-to-end capture lifecycle, from early opportunity shaping through proposal development and contract award. This includes a multi-hatted person who can operate at the strategic level to support and develop concepts, as well as own the tactical level of driving proposal/whitepaper writing and analysis. - Conduct market research to identify potential customers, decision-makers, and use cases - Schedule and facilitate discovery calls, demos, and meetings the align with company strategy and government program pursuits - Drive early capture activities: white papers, RFIs, tech demos, engagements, capability briefings, and TEMs. - Represent Vannevar at conferences, events, and networking opportunities to generate awareness and leads - Support contracting activities from proposal to contract administration to contract closeout - Support negotiations with external partners to ensure agreements are scalable and aligned with company objectives - Continuously refine prospecting strategies based on market feedback and performance - Maintain accurate records in CRM and report on pipeline activity What we’re looking for - 7+ years of experience in business development, partnerships, government contracting, or related roles. - Experience selling or supporting complex software solutions (AI/ML experience is a plus) - Proven ability to meet or exceed lead generation and sales pipeline goals - Familiarity with CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce) and sales automation platforms - Working knowledge of FAR/DFAR, OT and general government contracting standards - Prior experience in both technology companies and government-facing organizations. - DC location based preferred - Active security clearance preferred What we value - Strong communication, networking, and interpersonal skills - Self-starter with a high level of initiative and accountability - Comfortable conducting discovery calls and articulating technical value propositions - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail - Team-oriented mindset with a willingness to learn and adapt in a startup environment - Curious and passionate about emerging technology and AI-driven transformation 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 Vannevar is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you! IMPORTANT NOTICE We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.

Role Description Vannevar's Frontend Platform team builds and maintains the frontend foundation that the entire Vannevar platform runs on. We turn cross-product needs into stable, well-documented platform capabilities so product teams can ship fast, stay consistent, and focus on mission problems. We're looking for a senior frontend engineer to join this small, high-leverage team. You'll work on shared libraries, developer tooling, and the application shell (the code that every Vannevar product depends on). You'll also build user-facing platform features that directly impact how operators and analysts experience the product. What you’ll do - Own and evolve core frontend libraries and the application platform that Vannevar's products are built on. - Design and implement shared infrastructure: routing, authentication, error handling, UI components, and cross-app patterns. - Improve developer experience: faster local dev, better build pipelines, and clearer documentation. - Partner with product teams to understand their needs and turn recurring patterns into reusable platform capabilities. - Mentor and guide engineers across the organization on frontend architecture and best practices. Qualifications - 7+ years of professional experience in frontend software development. - Experience working on frontend infrastructure, platform, or developer experience teams. - Deep expertise in TypeScript and React. - Strong opinions on developer experience, loosely held. - Eye for design and attention to detail. - You treat other engineering teams as customers. - Comfort operating across the stack when needed. Requirements - Experience with module federation, micro-frontend architectures, or scaling frontend monorepos. - Familiarity with Node.js, Postgres, and OpenFGA. - Familiarity with web application security (authentication, authorization, XSS prevention). - Experience building or contributing to design systems at scale. - Active Security clearance (or ability to obtain one) and willingness to travel onsite at least quarterly to perform user research and help debug issues. Benefits - Competitive Salary: The salary range for this position is $170,000 - $225,000 + equity. - Comprehensive Benefits: 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.

Role Description 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 of opportunity to make an impact as we take it to the next level. Note: this role is also open to staff+ candidates. Qualifications - 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 Requirements - 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 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 Benefits - 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

Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries. In the 21st century, conflict moves at algorithmic speed and foresight equals firepower. Our agentic AI is purpose-built to compete with China—from cross-Strait conflict to gray zone coercion. Trained on the most mission-relevant datasets in defense, our technology models adversary behavior, simulates campaigns, and recommends the best course of action to decision makers. Our AI systems are some of the most trusted in the industry and actively used on the front lines of the Indo-Pacific to keep the peace and save lives. Exceptional technology starts with exceptional people. Vannevar is a small agile team combining world-class engineers with veteran strategists who bring deep expertise in defense and tradecraft. We’re building a company defined by mission impact, user empathy, and disciplined growth. In just three years, we grew from $3M to $80M in ARR, achieved early profitability, and reached unicorn status—proving that disruption doesn’t require an ego, and staying power doesn’t mean standing still. About the roleSearch is at the heart of Vannevar’s flagship platform and agentic workflows. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, with substantial knowledge and passion for search and information retrieval, to drive innovation in this space. In this role, you will work directly with our ML and product teams to advance a state-of-the-art search system that fundamentally drives our users’ ability to surface mission critical information. What you'll do - Design and adapt the technical strategy for search within Vannevar’s products, including how we leverage full-text search, vector databases, LLMs, NLP, and relevance algorithms - Improve both search latency and relevance - Collaborate with product engineers, designers, and mission strategists to translate user needs into data-informed search innovations - Research and apply emerging technologies, trends and best practices in the search/information retrieval domain to improve index quality, freshness, and retrieval performance What we’re looking for - You have 7+ years of experience in backend software development, with 3+ years in search, information retrieval, or related fields - You have a passion for architecting, developing and deploying reliable, scalable, and performant systems - You have expertise in information retrieval, NLP, and machine learning. You have a deep understanding of concepts like indexing, ranking, query parsing, tokenization, and vector search. - You have hands-on experience with at least one major search engine (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch), and familiarity with search evaluation frameworks (e.g., precision, recall, NDCG). - You have excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills. - U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems. What we offerCompetitive SalaryThe salary range for this position is $150,000 - $215,000 + equity. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training. Comprehensive BenefitsWe’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 Vannevar is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you! IMPORTANT NOTICE We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description Vannevar Labs is seeking an experienced Information Security Engineer to lead our IL-6 / IL-7 ATO (Authority to Operate) and follow-on compliance efforts. This role will be critical to unlocking our ability to deploy classified capabilities for defense and intelligence customers. You will serve as the dedicated technical leader responsible for achieving platform operation on classified networks, working directly with government ISSMs, AOs, and security stakeholders to navigate the RMF process and achieve ATOs across Navy, Joint, and COCOM user groups. What you’ll do - Own and execute our strategy for how we approach ATOs across our customers. - Lead the end-to-end ATO process for IL-6 (SIPR) and IL-7 (JWICS) environments, through full authorization and follow-on compliance. - Own RMF (Risk Management Framework) documentation and control implementation across multiple simultaneous ATOs. - Work with 3PAOs and federal government AOs to achieve compliance certifications and reports. - Ensure the implementation, oversight, monitoring, and maintenance of security configurations, practices, and procedures. - Serve as a liaison between system owners and other security personnel, ensuring that selected security controls are effectively implemented and maintained throughout the lifecycle of projects. - Interface directly with government ISSMs, AOs, and security stakeholders to manage authorization packages and navigate accreditation tools (XACTA, eMASS). - Design and implement role-based access controls, data classification frameworks, and audit logging capabilities for classified environments. - Architect solutions for handling TS/SCI data with proper controls and separation that meet DoD requirements. - Ensure compliance with DISA STIGs, SRGs, NIST 800-53, and DoD hardening standards. - Build scalable systems and processes for managing ATOs across different customers and sponsors. - Coordinate with platform engineering teams on security roadmap priorities and technical implementation. - Manage relationships with government sponsors and identify opportunities to parallel-path authorization efforts. - Work closely with mission engineering teams deploying to classified environments and partner with compliance engineering on FedRAMP and CMMC efforts. - Brief executive leadership on ATO status, risks, and strategic decisions. Qualifications - Must have personally led or been deeply involved in achieving ATOs or DISA provisional authorizations. - 5+ years in information security, with significant time in government/DoD compliance. - Direct experience with RMF, NIST 800-53, DISA STIGs, and IL-4/IL-5/IL-6/IL-7 environments. - Track record of working closely with government ISSMs, AOs, to navigate and expedite bureaucratic processes. - Experience with XACTA, eMASS, or similar government accreditation platforms. - Deep understanding of classified network architectures (SIPR, JWICS). - Experience implementing RBAC, audit logging, and data classification systems. - Knowledge of cloud security in AWS GovCloud, Google Government, and Azure Government. - Familiarity with container security, Kubernetes/OpenShift in classified environments. - Understanding of cross-domain solutions and data transfer between classification levels. - Ability to navigate complex government processes and build relationships with government stakeholders. - Strong written communication for technical documentation and compliance artifacts. - Must hold an active U.S. TS Security clearance with SCI Eligibility. Benefits - 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.