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.
About the role
You will be critical to building the team we need to impact these events. Defense startups are unique in that a small number of highly qualified individuals can make a disproportionate impact on the business, not just in leadership roles but also in engineering and customer-facing roles. You will help hunt for and bring in top performers on key engineering roles across the company. The sourcing and recruitment process often takes creativity to find and close these great candidates, and out-of-the-box thinking is highly encouraged.
We’re a small team of ~200 mission-driven people. We’re highly motivated to help improve the tech available to solve national security issues, and we’re looking for people who are similarly motivated. By joining our small but mighty team, you’ll have a chance to have outsized influence on the process, culture, and norms for recruiting at Vannevar and help us serve our important national security mission.
What you'll do
- Conduct full lifecycle recruiting for our technical roles to help build our engineering team with particular emphasis on sourcing senior engineering talent across multiple disciplines.
- Work with hiring managers to define the hiring requirements and the interview process for new roles.
- Develop proactive and creative sourcing strategies.
- Drive process improvement and instill recruiting best practices across our teams and hiring managers.
- Proactively communicate and coordinate with candidates, hiring managers, recruiters, and other teammates to create a world class candidate experience.
- Effectively prioritize, organize, and manage the pipelines for multiple concurrent openings.
- Operate with a sense of urgency.
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years of recruiting experience
- 3+ years of recruiting experience for a tech or high growth start-up
- 2+ years of recruiting in the defense industry or an adjacent industry
- Full lifecycle recruiting experience, including various interview formats and methodologies
- Experience working with recruiting tools, including ATS tools, resume databases, internet sourcing tools, and spreadsheets.
- Creative strategic sourcing experience
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Remote friendly with WeWork access
- Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
- 401(k) match
- Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
- Fully paid parental leave
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of recruiting experience
- 3+ years of recruiting experience for a tech or high growth start-up
- 2+ years of recruiting in the defense industry or an adjacent industry
- Full lifecycle recruiting experience, including various interview formats and methodologies
- Experience working with recruiting tools, including ATS tools, resume databases, internet sourcing tools, and spreadsheets
- Creative strategic sourcing experience
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Vannevar Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Employer-verified health, dental, vision, and mental-health coverage are consistently listed, indicating comprehensive medical support. Additional wellness resources and stipends reinforce access to preventive and mental healthcare.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is highlighted alongside long-term ownership programs such as equity and an ESPP, signaling strong retirement and savings support. Public profiles characterize the match as generous, complementing core benefits.
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Parental & Family Support — Fully paid parental leave, fertility and family-planning assistance, childcare benefits, and caregiving stipends during work travel indicate strong support for families. These offerings appear repeatedly across recent postings and benefit summaries.
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What We Do
Vannevar combines Silicon Valley innovation with former special operators to build AI for real-world national security outcomes. Since our founding in 2019, Vannevar has deployed its technology across 125 missions, safeguarding our service members and improving our country's deterrence. We believe our military service members and intelligence officers deserve access to the best technology American innovation can offer, and we are mobilizing frontier technology for this mission. Our founders have 30 years of combined experience across AI labs, national security strategy, intelligence agencies and special operations. We're supported by a number of leading VCs, including Felicis, DFJ Growth, Point72, Costanoa, and General Catalyst. Vannevar is one of the most capital efficient defense tech companies, reaching early profitability and becoming a defense tech unicorn in 2024.
Why Work With Us
We pride ourselves on being a team of passionate, low-ego professionals who share a commitment to engineering excellence and a genuine concern for the people and AI agents we deliver. Vannevar is a company that truly cares about its people and one of our core principles is "put your wellbeing first".
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