As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will develop applications for managing sensors, create data integration pipelines, and enhance test infrastructure while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Our mission is to be the technology backbone for strategic competition against peer adversaries. These missions – including intelligence, information operations, special activities, and perception management – are happening today and their success or failure will determine if we go to war tomorrow.
We've been on the front lines of these missions since 2019, and have grown to support a wide range of missions across all US service branches, multiple combatant commands, partner nations, and interagency stakeholders. We deploy both hardware and software products to support people on the front lines that span collection, planning / assessments, and effects.
We've grown from $3M in run-rate revenue in 2021 to $80M in run-rate revenue today. We've been profitable since 2022 and have raised $91M in venture capital funding through Series B. We're valued at $1.5B as of 2025.
About the role
The sensing team at Vannevar Labs is building a new hardware product that supports a widespread need for cheap, attritable, and easily coordinated sensing. We’re looking for a talented software engineer to build and deliver a best in class platform for managing, operating, and deploying physical sensors.
You will be a member of a cross-functional team made up of software engineers, machine learning specialists, former military officers, and product strategists. You will be expected to own critical product features and contribute to the overall direction of the platform we are building.
You will be a member of a cross-functional team made up of software engineers, machine learning specialists, former military officers, and product strategists. You will be expected to own critical product features and contribute to the overall direction of the platform we are building.
What you'll do
- Build applications for managing and configuring physical sensors remotely
- Create pipelines for integrating sensor data into downstream products and external systems
- Develop novel test infrastructure for various systems in our platform including on-target and backend software
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify, develop, and own critical capabilities for our sensing platform
- Travel up to 20% of the time to meet with mission owners, better understand requirements, and deliver capabilities
Qualifications (must haves)
- 4+ years of experience in software development in a general purpose programming language
- Proven experience owning features end-to-end from development, test, and release
- Experience with React and JavaScript development
- Experience with various relational and non-relational database systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must be a U.S. resident or citizen
- Experience with embedded systems
- Experience with software defined radio
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.
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!
IMPORTANT NOTICE
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.
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.
Top Skills
JavaScript
Non-Relational Databases
React
Relational Databases
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