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We have 125 deployments across every branch and combatant command spanning our core platform and five distinct products. An an example of how we work, when major combat operations started with Iran, we fielded a new product supporting 24/7 operations and 9,000+ users in three months.\nHow we build is our advantage: we deploy forward with the people who own the mission. Our engineers, product team, and CTO deploy forward to the point of friction, including visiting units in Ukraine. We focus on embedding directly with operational units supporting great power competition with China, combat operations with Iran, and counter-narcotics missions.\nAbout the role\nVannevar is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to build geospatial applications and platform components used by warfighters and intelligence analysts. You’ll develop tools that help users explore, analyze, and visualize geospatial data to make faster, better-informed decisions. Working alongside designers, engineers, subject matter experts, and operational users, you’ll turn complex intelligence requirements into intuitive workflows that support national security missions.\nIn this role, you will work in a small cross-functional team focused on delivering Geospatial awareness and analysis capabilities to defense customers engaged in strategic competition with near-peer adversaries. You will work across the entire capability lifecycle, including data extraction, ingestion, and analysis, building UI libraries and full stack applications, and integrating with agentic AI analyses.\nNote: this role is also open to staff+ candidates.\nWhat you’ll do\nBuild an interactive map application using TypeScript, React, Tailwind, Node.js, and Postgres\nDesign and maintain a modular, flexible map component compatible with the rest of the Vannevar platform\nPartner with customers, mission owners, designers, and other engineers to understand user workflows and create 10x better solutions for their problems\nDisplay and analyze high-volume geospatial data\nWhat we look for\n5+ years of professional software development experience\nExpertise in TypeScript, Node.js, and Postgres\nExperience developing on a cloud platform (AWS preferred)\nCustomer obsession and keen product intuition. You think in workflows and end-user experience, not just code.\nNice to have\nActive Security Clearance or ability to obtain one and desire to travel to visit users, collect feedback, and debug issues\nExpertise extracting meaningful and statistically valid insights from geospatial data\nExperience handling large-scale geospatial data\nExperience working with web-based mapping technologies\nExperience developing AI-native products\nExperience building and operating production web scrapers\nExperience working in a user-facing product role\nExperience developing in Python\nWhat we offer\nWe’re proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:\nHealth, dental, and vision insurance\nRemote friendly with WeWork access\nUnlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year\n401(k) match\nLifestyle & wellbeing stipends\nSalary top-up during military reserve duty\nFully paid parental leave\nChild and pet care reimbursement during travel\nVannevar is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.\nWe encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you!\nIMPORTANT NOTICE\nWe are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. 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