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Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Security Platform

Vannevar Labs · Remote

CHECKED 20H AGO

Defenseremotesenior$150k–$215k
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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
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