Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian
Core
Build mission-critical software solutions for federal health and civilian agencies by working directly with customers to solve open-ended, high-stakes problems.
Role type
Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE) acting as a startup CTO
Builds
End-to-end execution of high-stakes projects including data pipelines, operational workflows, and AI agents
Domain
Federal government (Health & Civilian agencies)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Full-stack execution, whiteboarding architecture, building data pipelines, deploying AI agents, driving strategy, autonomous decision-making
Preferred skills
Entrepreneurial mindset, ability to unpack ambiguous problems
Responsibilities
Whiteboard architecture with engineers, build data pipelines and operational workflows, deploy AI agents, advise customer executives, drive team strategy
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic ownership