Lead Software Engineer | Vannevar Labs | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Vannevar Labs builds next generation defense software for the public servants keeping our country safe. As a team, we exist because we believe in public service, and we think that our democracy and government improve only if we put serious, collective effort into improving them, including the technology our government uses.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This mission has become urgent. Ukraine is engaged in a war for survival with Russia. China regularly flies nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan and Japan’s airspace. The US and our allies are fighting a war of deterrence with woefully outdated technology. We build software to support these missions, including providing battlefield information to allies, identifying malign activity, and helping the US deter and deescalate conflict.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are a profitable growth startup with some of the best defense investors in the world, including General Catalyst, DFJ Growth, Point72, and enterprise tech investors Costanoa and Felicis.</p>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Senior Software Engineer</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a member of the product engineering organization, you will be embedded within one of our small teams, of 3-5 engineers, focused on delivering mission-critical capabilities into the hands of those who serve our nation. You’ll work directly with Product Managers, Designers, Mission and Engineers to define the product and technical direction for our product(s).</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a senior engineer, you are expected to take ownership and do whatever it takes to deliver game changing capabilities. You will drive key technical decisions and establish best practices for software engineering within your team. You’ll have a chance to build applications that leverage state of the art tools in Machine Learning and AI, to solve for mission-critical workflows.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you’ll do</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Implement new features and user interfaces.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications in environments with performance and resource constraints.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with Designers, Product Managers, Mission, and Software Engineers to deliver compelling user-facing products.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Own and ship significant features along with architectural changes in collaboration with junior developers.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">4+ years of software development building user-facing products. Mastery of JavaScript is a huge plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">4+ years of experience building responsive and performant web UIs. Mastery of front-end frameworks, like React, is a huge plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">2+ years of full stack development, including familiarity with relational databases (like PostGres), caching technologies (like Redis), and object stores (like S3).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Demonstrated knowledge of tools and best-practices for testing web applications is a huge plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You must be a US resident or citizen.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What we offer</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The salary range for this position is $150,000 – $215,000 + equity + 401K match. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:</p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Health, dental, and vision insurance</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">100% remote first culture. You can work from anywhere in the US and all full time employees have WeWork access</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Unlimited PTO including competitive vacation and holiday schedules</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Lifestyle stipends – Monthly mental health, wellness & fitness stipend, in-home office setup stipend and family planning assistance</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Salary top-up during military reserve duty</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Fully paid parental leave</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Child and pet care reimbursement during travel</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Vannevar Labs 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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We 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!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">IMPORTANT NOTICE</strong><br />
<strong class=" font-semibold">We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This mission has become urgent. Ukraine is engaged in a war for survival with Russia. China regularly flies nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan and Japan’s airspace. The US and our allies are fighting a war of deterrence with woefully outdated technology. We build software to support these missions, including providing battlefield information to allies, identifying malign activity, and helping the US deter and deescalate conflict.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are a profitable growth startup with some of the best defense investors in the world, including General Catalyst, DFJ Growth, Point72, and enterprise tech investors Costanoa and Felicis.</p>
<hr>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Senior Software Engineer</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a member of the product engineering organization, you will be embedded within one of our small teams, of 3-5 engineers, focused on delivering mission-critical capabilities into the hands of those who serve our nation. You’ll work directly with Product Managers, Designers, Mission and Engineers to define the product and technical direction for our product(s).</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a senior engineer, you are expected to take ownership and do whatever it takes to deliver game changing capabilities. You will drive key technical decisions and establish best practices for software engineering within your team. You’ll have a chance to build applications that leverage state of the art tools in Machine Learning and AI, to solve for mission-critical workflows.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you’ll do</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Implement new features and user interfaces.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications in environments with performance and resource constraints.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with Designers, Product Managers, Mission, and Software Engineers to deliver compelling user-facing products.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Own and ship significant features along with architectural changes in collaboration with junior developers.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">4+ years of software development building user-facing products. Mastery of JavaScript is a huge plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">4+ years of experience building responsive and performant web UIs. Mastery of front-end frameworks, like React, is a huge plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">2+ years of full stack development, including familiarity with relational databases (like PostGres), caching technologies (like Redis), and object stores (like S3).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Demonstrated knowledge of tools and best-practices for testing web applications is a huge plus.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You must be a US resident or citizen.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What we offer</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The salary range for this position is $150,000 – $215,000 + equity + 401K match. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:</p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Health, dental, and vision insurance</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">100% remote first culture. You can work from anywhere in the US and all full time employees have WeWork access</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Unlimited PTO including competitive vacation and holiday schedules</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Lifestyle stipends – Monthly mental health, wellness & fitness stipend, in-home office setup stipend and family planning assistance</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Salary top-up during military reserve duty</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Fully paid parental leave</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Child and pet care reimbursement during travel</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Vannevar Labs 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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We 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!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">IMPORTANT NOTICE</strong><br />
<strong class=" font-semibold">We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.</strong></p>