About the role
About Rune Rune Technologies is here to revolutionize the status quo of military logistics and sustainment through the deployment of AI-enabled solutions. Combining elite Silicon Valley software expertise with deep operational experience working in and with the Department of Defense, Rune builds cutting-edge software to solve the most critical logistics challenges faced by the U.S. military and its allies. Rune’s flagship product is TyrOS, an advanced software platform to enhance logistics at tactical and operational echelons, providing unified, comprehensive management of inventory, personnel, equipment and distribution. TyrOS integrates critical information for holistic, data-driven logistics decisions, leveraging AI for decision support, predictive analytics and optimization at machine speed. Rune’s mission is to support and enable the military logistics and sustainment communities with software to meet needs for the next fight.
About
the Role At Rune, we are building the software infrastructure that enables joint military logistics operations to function across thousands of nodes — from cloud environments to edge systems onboard vehicles to disconnected users in the field. This is not traditional infrastructure. Our systems must operate in low-bandwidth, intermittently connected, and adversarial environments, while remaining fast, consistent, and developer-friendly. As Head of Platform , you will lead the design and evolution of the technical backbone of Rune’s platform. You will own everything below the application layer: distributed systems architecture, data models, synchronization, backend scalability, and deployment across cloud and edge environments. You will take an early but functioning system and scale it into a globally distributed, multi-thousand node mesh network, capable of synchronizing state across disconnected environments while maintaining performance, correctness, and usability. This includes designing systems that reconcile eventual consistency, offline operation, and real-time decision-making — and exposing these capabilities through clean, reliable APIs that other engineers can build on. You will lead and grow a team of engineers, while remaining deeply hands-on in architecture and implementation. You will define the technical direction, set standards for performance and reliability, and lead development of the systems that everything else depends on. What You’ll Do Own the infrastructure and backend platform that powers Rune’s products across cloud and edge environments. Architect and implement distributed systems that operate across unreliable networks with strong guarantees around synchronization, performance, and fault tolerance. Design and scale distributed data models, including schema design, replication strategies, and consistency models (e.g., CRDTs, event sourcing, or similar paradigms). Build and evolve a multi-node mesh synchronization layer capable of operating across thousands of heterogeneous devices. Define and enforce backend architecture standards for scalability, performance, and maintainability. Lead database architecture and performance, including query optimization, indexing strategies, and scaling approaches for large, distributed datasets. Develop geospatial and routing infrastructure — foundational APIs and services that support mapping, movement, and spatial reasoning at scale. Own cloud and edge deployment architecture, ensuring systems can be reliably deployed and operated in both connected and disconnected environments. Establish performance SLAs, observability, and system reliability standards across the stack. Lead, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing engineers while remaining deeply involved in technical execution.