About the role
We're looking for Forward Deployed Engineers with 2 - 8 YOE to embed directly with our government customers. We need a deeply technical full-stack builder who is equally comfortable in the room with Tier-1 Special Forces operators — gathering requirements on-site, translating mission-critical problems into software, and shipping fast alongside the customer. This is a top-priority hire driven by our selection for one of the largest AI initiatives across the U.S. Department of War. This is the most customer-facing of our three engineering tracks: personality and communication are the primary differentiators, but the engineering bar does not drop.
Responsibilities
- Embed forward with customers on-site at military bases — gather requirements directly from operators and iterate with them in person.
- Build the full-stack data and workflows operators use daily to acquire any technology at the speed of relevance.
- Translate ambiguous, mission-critical problems (often non-technical) into shipped software in tight iteration loops.
- Represent Usul in the room with government customers; drive healthy solution discussions and build trust with operators.
- Ship across the stack in Python, Next.js, and React, building AI agents and LLM-powered workflows.
- Travel 1–2 weeks per month to customer sites.
About Usul
Usul is a Silicon Valley AI lab helping America and its allies buy technology at the speed of Amazon Prime. We're Stanford dropouts, MIT AI scientists, and Tier-1 Special Forces Operators dedicating our lives to rebuilding the infrastructure that equips the Western world.
We’re the youngest founders to ever win a US Defense contract. Over the past year, we’ve helped Global 500 companies including RTX, BAE Systems, Palantir and Ukrainian drone manufacturers win $12B in contracts across 30 NATO nations.
We’re hiring full-stack engineers and defense acquisition experts across San Francisco and Washington DC to help us solve the most critical infrastructure bottleneck in national security.
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Job details
Salary
$180,000 - $240,000
Location
San Francisco, United States
Experience
2+ years
Company
Funding
Total raised
$3.8M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.