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Vannevar

AI-powered defense software for national security missions

enterprise softwarePalo Alto, CA201-1000Series BRemoteFounded 2019Salary transparent
About

Vannevar Labs builds agentic AI and data collection platforms for U.S. defense, homeland security, and national security missions. They serve military branches, government agencies, and operators with tools for information dominance, targeting, and decision advantage in modern conflicts. Their technology, powered by proprietary datasets, supports over 125 deployments to restore deterrence and reclaim strategic advantage.

Tech stack
OSCALvLLMPostgreSQLIdAMRBACPostGISReactPythonAWSNode.jsKubernetesTypeScriptTailwindLangGraphSalesforceElasticsearchOpenSearchDockerTerraformJavaScript
Perks & benefits
Health insuranceDental insuranceVision insuranceUnlimited PTO401k matchFully paid parental leaveLifestyle stipendsEquity program
Open roles 27

Mission Lead - Cyber

Lead customer engagements with government cyber stakeholders to identify mission problems, shape AI pilots, and drive adoption of defense technology into operational programs. Requires 5+ years in the U.S. cyber mission community and an active Top Secret clearance.

150k – 170kWashington, DCSolutions ArchitectureOn-site5+ YOECyber DefenseCyber Operations

Mission Strategist

Forward-deployed strategist embedded with Tampa military customers to configure AI product workflows, troubleshoot issues, and generate mission impact. Requires active TS/SCI clearance and onsite presence.

Tampa, FLSolutions ArchitectureOn-siteAgentic AIWorkflow Design

Product Engineer

Product Engineer building agentic AI coding harnesses and modernization workflows for defense systems. Requires 5+ years full-stack experience, TS/SCI clearance, and expertise in Python, TypeScript, React, Postgres, and AWS.

United StatesFullstack EngineeringRemote5+ YOEAWSReact

Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Modernization

Forward Deployed Engineer leading software modernization efforts for defense customers. Requires 5+ years building production systems, customer-facing technical leadership, and experience with secure environments and modern deployment practices.

Washington, DCSolutions ArchitectureOn-site5+ YOEC++Java

Engineering Manager, DevOps

Lead and grow a DevOps team responsible for CI/CD, platform reliability, observability, and infrastructure automation. Requires 3+ years of engineering management and 8+ years of hands-on DevOps/SRE experience.

United StatesEngineering ManagementRemote8+ YOEAWSElk

Senior Mission Manager - International

Senior mission-facing leader driving adoption of AI defense technology within government program offices. Requires 15-20+ years defense experience and Top Secret clearance.

180k – 220kWashington, DCBusiness DevelopmentRemote15+ YOEIsrCyber

Mission Lead - International

Lead international business development and customer success for a defense AI company, building relationships with allied military and government organizations while driving adoption of AI software products.

150k – 170kHonolulu, HIBusiness DevelopmentOn-site8+ YOEDefense MarketsCustomer Success

Mission Lead - International

Lead international business development and customer success for a defense AI company, building relationships with allied military and government organizations while driving adoption of AI software solutions. Requires 8+ years in defense/intelligence and an active Top Secret clearance.

150k – 170kWashington, DCBusiness DevelopmentRemote8+ YOEDefense MarketsCustomer Success

Product Operations Lead - Clearance Required

Lead product operations for Special Activities and Information Operations products, delivering mission impact through geopolitical analysis, customer engagement, and operational improvements. Requires 4+ years in intelligence or geopolitical analysis.

United StatesProduct OperationsRemote4+ YOEAi/Ml ToolsData Analysis

Engineering Manager, Security Platform

Lead the Security Platform team building centralized identity, authentication, and access management infrastructure. Drive strategy, execution, and adoption of secure-by-default access capabilities across engineering teams.

United StatesEngineering ManagementRemote8+ YOESSOAuthorization

Controller

First Controller role responsible for leading month-end close, financial reporting, audits, and migrating from QuickBooks to a modern AI-first ERP while building scalable finance processes. Requires CPA, 8+ years experience, Big 4 audit background, and strong automation skills.

United StatesFinance & AccountingRemote8+ YOECPAAudit

Engineering Manager, Mission Agents

Leads Mission Agents engineering team building agent-powered mission consoles and full-stack AI workflows for national security. Requires 3+ years managing teams, 8+ years software development, and expertise in TypeScript, Python, React, AWS.

200k – 260kNew York, NYEngineering ManagementRemoteAWSAgno

Product Manager - Mission Agents

Defines product direction for mission agent systems that execute user intent through chat, tasking, and persistent workflows in defense AI. Synthesizes conflicting inputs, partners with engineering and users to deliver high-impact capabilities under constraints.

United StatesProduct ManagementRemoteSQLLLMs

Senior Mission Manager - Clearance Required

Senior leader driving adoption of AI technology in government defense programs by leading engagements with program offices, shaping pilots, pitching solutions, and converting them to funded programs. Requires 15-20+ years defense experience and Top Secret clearance.

180k – 220kRaleigh, NC +2Sales EngineeringHybrid15+ YOEAIIsr

DevOps Engineer

Owns build and deployment automation, platform health, scaling, and self-service tools in a multi-account AWS environment. Requires 5+ years DevOps experience, deep AWS knowledge, IaC tools like Terraform/Pulumi, Docker, Python/Bash scripting.

United StatesDevOps / SRERemote5+ YOEAWSBash

Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack (Mission Agents)

Build and ship agent-powered mission consoles for defense using TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python. Requires 5+ years experience, expertise in fullstack technologies, AWS, and building AI agents; security clearance preferred.

United StatesFullstack EngineeringRemote5+ YOEAWSAgno

Senior Software Engineer, New Product - Cyber

Leads end-to-end development of Cyber Recon, an external attack surface management platform for cyber operators. Builds full-stack systems, data pipelines, and user interfaces while collaborating with mission users and deploying in secure environments. Requires 10+ years experience and full-stack expertise.

United StatesFullstack EngineeringRemote10+ YOEAWSAPIs

Product Manager - Data Collection

Lead product efforts for data collection and agent tool calling in defense AI, scoping strategies, prioritizing engineering work, and ensuring data usability for mission-critical AI agents. Requires strong mission intuition, engineer collaboration, and prioritization skills.

United StatesProduct ManagementRemoteSchemasMetadata

Senior Software Engineer - Agents Platform

Lead development of AI Agents platform, designing best practices, tooling for quality assurance, and governance solutions. Requires 5+ years in backend/infra/ML systems and experience with agent frameworks like LangGraph or Claude SDK.

United StatesBackend EngineeringRemote5+ YOEAPIsLangGraph

Software Engineer, Backend (Collection Fingerprinting)

Builds and enhances backend systems for collecting hard-to-access data via browser automation, web scraping, and evasion techniques in adversarial environments. Requires expertise in distributed systems, anti-detection measures, and TypeScript/Python for scalable, agent-ready tools.

United StatesBackend EngineeringRemoteReactPython

Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

Build and ship fullstack features for a defense AI platform providing situational awareness to operators, handling data ingestion, backend APIs, frontend UIs, and AI analysis. Requires 5+ years experience with TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres, AWS, and search engines like Elasticsearch.

United StatesFullstack EngineeringRemote5+ YOEAWSReact

Forward Deployed Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance Required (Oahu)

Forward Deployed Engineer owns end-to-end development and deployment of custom software solutions for national security missions, interfacing with government stakeholders. Requires 5+ years full stack experience, DoD RMF compliance, and active TS/SCI clearance.

135k – 205kHonolulu, HIFullstack EngineeringHybrid5+ YOES3SIEM

Staff Technical Product Manager

Leads definition and evolution of foundational platform capabilities across engineering organizations, focusing on system primitives like authorization, identity, and data access. Requires staff-level TPM experience, strong systems reasoning, and ability to drive cross-team alignment without formal authority.

United StatesProduct ManagementRemotePrdsAuthorization

Machine Learning Engineer

Develop scalable ML services for data enrichment, managing the full lifecycle from model training with PyTorch/TensorFlow to deploying optimized inference using ONNX/vLLM. Requires 5+ years experience in production ML systems, strong deployment skills, and software engineering proficiency.

150k – 215kUnited StatesML EngineeringRemote5+ YOEJAXRay

Senior Software Engineer - ATO

Lead deployment of AI software products to DoD-compliant environments (IL6, JWICS), owning technical roadmaps, security hardening, and cross-functional alignment in a React/Node/Python stack. Requires 7+ years DevSecOps experience, AWS expertise, and active TS/SCI clearance.

150k – 215kSan Diego, CAFullstack EngineeringHybrid7+ YOEAWSReact

Senior Software Engineer, Search

Senior Software Engineer designs and optimizes search systems using full-text search, vector databases, LLMs, and NLP to enhance mission-critical information retrieval. Requires 7+ years backend experience with 3+ in search/IR, expertise in Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, and strong analytical skills.

150k – 215kUnited StatesFullstack EngineeringRemote7+ YOENLPLLMs