Onebrief

Forward Deployed Engineer

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24 hours ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level

Base Salary

$180k - $255k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Deploy alongside operational users and translate mission friction into technically executable software solutions.
  • Write production-grade code, integration scripts, schema transformations, and API integrations while debugging systems in restricted customer environments.
  • Integrate Onebrief Core and Atom Engine with partner C2 systems, databases, and military data structures.
  • Identify recurring field workarounds and collaborate with Product and Core Engineering to turn them into reusable platform capabilities.
  • Isolate failure domains, analyze logs and environmental states, and package escalations with reproduction steps and root-cause hypotheses.
  • Brief engineers, military leaders, and command staff on distributed software architecture and operational impact.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of progressive software engineering, solutions engineering, or field software engineering experience involving hands-on development.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, C#, TypeScript, or Go, along with REST/gRPC APIs, relational databases, data modeling, JSON/XML schemas, microservices, and cloud or edge infrastructure.
  • Ability to parse application logs, diagnose network or authentication failures across multiple systems, and isolate root causes.
  • Strong ability to explain technical trade-offs, lead interactive working sessions, and communicate with non-technical stakeholders during operationally urgent situations.
  • Active Secret clearance is required.
  • Preferred qualifications include Forward Deployed or Field Software Engineering experience, air-gapped DoD or classified-environment experience, DoD software delivery or military systems experience, and active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • Experience using modern AI-assisted development tools for integrations, scripting, and data transformations is preferred.

Benefits

  • Distributed work environment with some team members working remotely and others working alongside customers in operational environments.
  • Willingness to travel 25–50% of the time is required.

Tech Stack

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About Onebrief

201-500 employees

Onebrief builds an AI-enabled planning and wargaming platform for military commands, unifying data, collaboration, simulation, and decision workflows. It sells enterprise software to defense organizations for operational planning and coordination across secure networks. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Honolulu, it is privately held and backed by investors including General Catalyst, Battery Ventures, Insight Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and Human Capital, and has been valued at more than $2 billion.

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