# Forward Deployed Engineer

About Manifold Strategy is the act of choosing what to do when you can’t know enough to be sure. Manifold builds software for the people making those decisions on behalf of the United States. The ones whose decisions shape the next decade, not the next quarter. This work is still done largely by hand, by smart people with slide decks, spreadsheets, and instinct. We think it should be done with better tools. Not tools that make the decisions, but tools that sharpen the judgement of the people responsible for them. Cognitive enhancement, in the literal sense. About the Role Manifold is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers, understand their most important operational challenges, and build software that solves them. You will own the process from problem discovery to implementation, embedding alongside users to understand their workflows, translate ambiguous requirements into technical solutions, and rapidly build and iterate on customer-facing applications. You will leverage Manifold's existing platform capabilities while identifying opportunities to extend the core product. This is an early, high-ownership role. You will work closely with our enginee

- **Id**: 3588910
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/manifold-industries-forward-deployed-engineer>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Arlington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-01T14:11:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-01
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T16:12:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5461
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave, Unlimited PTO
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Decision Intelligence, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 681868
- **Name**: Manifold Industries
- **Domain**: manifoldindustries.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/manifoldindustries>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 74000
- **Max usd**: 163000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 355

## Technologies

- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: yes
- **AI Agents** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **FastAPI** — Optional: yes
- **Knowledge Graph** — Optional: yes
- **Next.js** — Optional: yes
- **React.js** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-01T15:49:01Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.895
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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