Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal
$175,000–$235,000 year
Remote · Arlington, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with federal customers, scope deployments, prototype integrations, troubleshoot live issues on production networks, and translate mission needs into engineering tasks. Write production-grade code to build glue, integrations, and one-off capabilities; lead customer demonstrations and provide technical support during live operations. Serve as the bridge between customer, product, and engineering; translate customer requirements into prioritized engineering asks and help inform the roadmap. Requires U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Top Secret clearance, and willingness to travel up to 50%; based in Washington, DC or New York or willing to relocate to Arlington, VA. Remote option indicated.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in a software engineering or forward deployed engineering role
- Demonstrated technical competency across multiple domains—a “Swiss army knife” profile who can credibly code, debug networking issues, reason about systems-level tradeoffs, and learn quickly
- Strong ability to scope ambiguous problems, sequence delivery, and make sound prioritization calls without explicit instruction
- Excellent written and verbal communication; able to brief a flag officer, write a clear engineering ticket, and run a customer working session with equal fluency
- High ownership and resourcefulness—comfort with the parts of the job that aren’t glamorous, and a track record of doing whatever needs to be done to deliver
- Demonstrated ability to engage directly with customers to scope technical requirements and deliver against them end to end
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret security clearance (active TS strongly preferred)
- Willingness to travel up to 50% to customer sites, military installations, and partner locations
- Washington, DC or New York-based or willing to relocate
- Active TS/SCI clearance (preferred)
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