Forward Deployed Engineer
Rune Technologies1 day ago
Seattle, WA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$190k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Work directly with military end users and stakeholders to understand challenges and deliver software solutions.
- Own features from prototyping through deployment, including systems integration and performance validation.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and operations teams to deliver scalable systems and complex projects.
- Monitor and improve system reliability and performance through instrumentation, metrics analysis, troubleshooting, and iteration.
- Deploy, field-test, and support software systems, traveling approximately 25% to operational environments.
Requirements
- Strong coding skills in Go, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar languages.
- Ability to take ownership of development and deployment for a specific military customer with minimal supervision.
- Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical teams in rapidly changing environments.
- Strong communication skills and interest in leading customer-facing engineering interactions.
- Active U.S. secret security clearance required; top secret preferred.
- Experience in defense, aerospace, or other complex operational domains is desired.
- Familiarity with logistics, supply chain, or sustainment challenges is desired.
- Experience deploying production software and managing cloud or edge infrastructure is desired.
- Exposure to data engineering, analytics, or machine learning in operational contexts is desired.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with premiums fully covered for employees and low-cost premiums for spouses and dependents.
- Basic life insurance and disability coverage fully covered for employees, with optional additional life insurance.
- Paid time off that is not accrual based.
- Generous company holiday calendar, including a December holiday shutdown.
- Supportive leave program covering military service, medical events, and parental leave.
- 401(k) retirement plan for eligible full-time employees.
- Company-funded commuter benefits.
- Free access to an on-site gym.
- Full-time employees may receive competitive equity grants as part of total compensation.
- Full-time role based in the DC area with approximately 25% travel for deployments and field support.
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Rune Technologies
Rune Technologies builds mission-critical software for military logistics and sustainment. Its flagship product, TyrOS, is an AI-enabled logistics command-and-control platform that gives commanders a single, real-time operating picture across inventory, distribution, medical, and operational planning, even in degraded environments. The privately held company delivers contracted software to military and government customers and supports deployment and training at government facilities and bases.