Kaizen Labs

Senior Cleared Software Engineer (TS/SCI)

Kaizen Labs
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1 month ago
Washington, DC, USA or New York, NY, USASenior

Base Salary

$220k - $280k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and ship full-stack features from scoping and technical design through production.
  • Build and integrate Foundry ontologies and pipelines, AIP agents, and Maven Smart System workflows.
  • Develop AI-powered intake flows, constituent assistants, automated case routing, and agency dashboards.
  • Set technical direction, improve code quality, and establish reusable engineering patterns.
  • Engage federal agency stakeholders to translate complex requirements into shippable software.
  • Own platform reliability and performance at government scale.
  • Mentor earlier-career engineers through reviews, pairing, and technical feedback.

Requirements

  • Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.
  • At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience is required.
  • Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, AIP, or Maven Smart System is required.
  • Deep experience with React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, and Postgres is required.
  • Experience shipping a real product, open-source project, or personally designed system is required.
  • Ability to define problems, work through ambiguity, and maintain a strong end-user focus is required.
  • Experience in classified or accredited environments, government or regulated technology, Forward Deployed Engineering, or Palantir-led programs is preferred.
  • Cloud deployment experience with AWS, Vercel, GitHub Actions, or ECS/Fargate is preferred.
  • Experience with design systems, component libraries, and early-stage technical leadership is preferred.

Benefits

  • Fully covered employee medical, dental, and vision insurance, with dependents fully covered.
  • $100,000 of company-paid life insurance plus FSA and Dependent Care FSA.
  • One Medical membership and fertility and family-building support through Carrot.
  • 401(k) through Guideline with a 2% company match.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents.
  • Unlimited PTO with a two-week minimum, federal holidays off, and a company winter break.
  • Hybrid work based in New York City or Washington, DC, with office attendance Tuesday through Thursday at least three times weekly.
  • Home office setup stipend, $50 monthly commuter benefit, expensed office lunches, and a company-provided laptop.
  • Covered gym membership or remote fitness reimbursement.
  • Monthly utility stipend and professional development, recreation, and pet care stipends.
  • Company offsites throughout the year.

Tech Stack

AWSGitHub ActionsNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLReactTypeScriptVercel
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