Forward Deployed Engineer
About Usul
Usul is a Silicon Valley AI lab helping America and its allies buy technology at the speed of Amazon Prime. We're Stanford dropouts, MIT AI scientists, and Tier-1 Special Forces Operators dedicating our lives to rebuilding the infrastructure that equips the Western world.
We’re the youngest founders to ever win a US Defense contract. Over the past year, we’ve helped Global 500 companies including RTX, BAE Systems, Palantir and Ukrainian drone manufacturers win $12B in contracts across 30 NATO nations.
You’ll be a forward deployed engineer working in the room on the data and workflows operators in the government will use daily to acquire any technology at the speed of relevance. You’ll also work directly on our commercial platform to help the biggest defense companies the world and frontier startups win government contracts across our allies.
Who we’re looking for
2-5 YOE, full time, full stack
Knows how to build AI Agents and utilize LLMs effectively
Has confidence to present to operators and C-suites at Fortune 500s
Willing to travel to customers on site at military bases
Has passion for solving mission-critical national security problems
Builds intuitive UIs with React
Scrappy and fiery, pissed off with how the system currently works
ELITE Communication skills
Bonuses
Holds a TS/SCI or Secret Clearance
Has worked on government projects before
Familiarity with React, NextJS, Typescript
About the interview
15-minute screening with Joon (CTO) or Oliver (CPO)
30-minute Culture Fit with Jarren (CEO)
3-hour Technical Interview with Joon (CTO)
On-site at San Francisco/DC
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