CareerPlan

Senior Forward Deployment Engineer, Strategic Customer Engagements U.S.

Washington D.C. OfficeFull-time$161k–$201k2026-10-23 → 2026-11-10
HybridSecurity clearance required

Core

Senior Software Engineer building bespoke, mission-critical full-stack solutions for Global Defense and Security customers.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (defense/security)

Builds

Custom software solutions, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines

Domain

Geospatial software, Defense & Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, AWS or GCP, Geospatial libraries (Rasterio, Fiona, Shapely, GDAL), Software engineering best practices, AI tooling

Preferred skills

JavaScript, Java, Go, C#, Defense and security domain experience

Technologies

AWS, GCP, Rasterio, Fiona, Shapely, OpenLayers, GDAL

Responsibilities

Design and build bespoke software solutions for customer challenges, Collaborate with customers to translate operational challenges into technical requirements, Analyze customer solutions to identify reusable patterns, Mentor team members and conduct code reviews, Execute critical commitments to support business goals

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC