Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Security Platform
Vannevar Labs · Remote
CHECKED 20H AGO
Defenseremotesenior$150k–$215k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build authentication and identity infrastructure for national security missions.
- Own permission management and feature flag systems used across five products.
- Support 24/7 operations with deployments across branches and combatant commands.
What they offer
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Remote friendly with WeWork access
- Unlimited PTO, shared downtime and company-wide off time
- 401(k) match
- Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
- Fully paid parental leave
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
- Equity
Ideal candidate
A product-minded engineer who owns end-to-end platform work and thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, motivated by building intuitive security for critical defense missions.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and operating scalable backend systems
- Strong backend expertise including modern backend languages, relational databases, distributed systems, and API design
- Comfortable owning end-to-end development including frontend work when needed
- Strong product intuition balancing user needs with engineering tradeoffs in ambiguous environments
- Experience with identity and authentication concepts including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWTs, RBAC/ABAC, SSO
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
- Active security clearance or ability to obtain one and desire to travel
- remote policy
- Remote friendly with WeWork access
Lab profile
About Vannevar Labs
Builds AI systems for the Department of War's most consequential missions.
What they build
- Core platform
- Collection Platform
- Security Platform
Known for
- Forward-deployed engineering with mission owners
- Rapid fielding for combat operations
Key facts
- 125 deployments across branches and combatant commands
- 9,000+ users on fielded product