# Software Engineer - Backend

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. Manifold is looking for a Software Engineer to build the core architecture and foundational systems powering our software. You will own the application infrastructure that enables our product to operate as secure, reliable, production-grade software. This includes authentication, authorization, data storage, APIs, application services, and the systems that allow us to rapidly build and deploy new capabilities. This is an early, high-ownership role. You will work closely with our founding engineering team to turn a rapidly evolving prototype into a scalable production application used by government decision-makers. You will indep

- **Id**: 3615490
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/manifold-industries-software-engineer-backend>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States, New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T15:35:01Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T02:36:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4592
- **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

## Technologies

- **FastAPI** — Optional: yes
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **Neo4j** — Optional: yes
- **Next.js** — Optional: yes
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **React.js** — Optional: yes
- **TypeScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T16:19:10Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.897
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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