Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter our adversaries. In the 21st century, conflict moves at algorithmic speed and foresight equals firepower. Our agentic AI is purpose-built to compete with China—from cross-Strait conflict to gray zone coercion. Trained on the most mission-relevant datasets in defense, our technology models adversary behavior, simulates campaigns, and recommends the best course of action to decision makers. Our AI systems are some of the most trusted in the industry and actively used on the front lines of the Indo-Pacific to keep the peace and save lives.
Exceptional technology starts with exceptional people. Vannevar is a small agile team combining world-class engineers with veteran strategists who bring deep expertise in defense and tradecraft. We’re building a company defined by mission impact, user empathy, and disciplined growth. In just three years, we grew from $3M to $80M in ARR, achieved early profitability, and reached unicorn status—proving that disruption doesn’t require an ego, and staying power doesn’t mean standing still.
Vannevar Labs is building a state of the art digital forensics platform that leverages the latest developments in artificial intelligence to accelerate device analysis. Investigations that have traditionally taken weeks or months can be done in hours using our tools.
We are searching for an experienced backend engineer to help us rapidly develop and scale the product from our initial pilot customers to a broadly deployed enterprise capability. You will be responsible for the data layer of the platform - everything from data extraction and ingestion, to cloud storage and indexing, to analysis and retrieval via intuitive apis for human and agentic AI consumption. The product is just getting started and there is a ton a room to join early and make an impact.
- Design, build, and ship the data layer of an AI-powered digital forensics platform
- Reverse engineer new data sources and types to extract useful information
- Architect and operate cloud data pipelines to automate ingestion at scale
- Design, implement, and maintain storage, search, and AI systems for forensics data
- Contribute foundational building blocks like data models, apis, and system architecture
- 7+ years of professional software development experience
- Expertise in Typescript, Node js, Opensearch/Elasticsearch, Postgres, and AWS
- Prior experience using Python for data engineering in production
- Prior experience in reverse engineering
- Prior experience developing AI-native products
- Competency in frontend (React) - full stack candidates will have the opportunity to work on the user facing product
- Active Security clearance (or ability to obtain one) and willingness to travel at least quarterly to visit users, debug issues, and collect product feedback
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 100% remote - work from anywhere in the US
- 401k matching
- Monthly physical/mental wellness stipend
- Flexible work environment - you manage your workday
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
- Fully paid parental leave
- Fertility & family planning financial assistance
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
The salary range for this position is $160,000 - $210,000 + equity + 401K match. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.
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Since our founding in 2019, Vannevar Labs has been building software for the country's most critical national security problems. We believe our military service members and intelligence officers deserve access to the best technology American innovation can offer, and we are building great products for this mission. Our founders have 30 years of combined experience across national security, government sales, CIA, In-Q-Tel and the DoD. We're supported by a number of VCs, including Felicis, DFJ Growth, Point72, Costanoa, and General Catalyst.
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We pride ourselves on being a team of passionate, low-ego professionals who share a commitment to excellence and a genuine concern for the people and projects we work on. Additionally, we pride ourselves on being a company that truly values its employees and their well being.
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We are a fully remote company with satellite offices in New York and Washington DC.
