• 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

• Help design and build our service from the ground up • Work independently on engineering projects • Collaborate with coworkers and respond to customer needs • Utilize UI sketches and data schemas to inform design

• Design, develop, and maintain core billing and invoicing systems using C# and PHP technologies • Take ownership of architectural and design decisions for billing system components • Lead technical discussions, participate in code reviews, and drive best practices in maintainability and performance • Actively mentor and support the growth of junior team members • Lead improvements to CI/CD pipelines and development processes • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues • Optimize database queries and system architecture to handle growing merchant and transaction volumes • Implement robust security measures to protect sensitive payment and merchant data and ensure compliance with PCI DSS standards • Communicate project status, risks, and technical decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders • Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Developers, and QA teams to ensure successful product releases • Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, including security risks, throughout the software development lifecycle • Provide feedback and resolutions to escalated support issues • Research and evaluate new technologies and methodologies to improve system performance and developer productivity

• Take full ownership of tasks: design, build, test, deploy, monitor • Own the frontend part end-to-end with React + Next.js • Develop core customer-facing products from scratch to production • Automate everything: from infrastructure (IaC) to deployments • Shape architecture and API design with a backend-first focus • Build price comparison platforms that help users shop smarter