Vannevar
defense technology
EngineeringManager,MissionAgents
“Engineering Manager, Mission Agents at Vannevar. Skills: leading software engineering teams, full-stack systems, agentic AI, AI-native product development. Lead the Mission Agents team in designing, building, and shipping a cutting-edge agent-powered mission console. Guide the implementation and scaling of robust agentic workflows”
What You'll Achieve.
drive real operational outcomes; build lasting products where users are meaningfully enabled by AI; ship and scales full-stack agentic workflows; move quickly, iterate with users, and build pragmatic, high-impact agentic systems for national security missions; drive concrete outcomes aligned with real-world operator worlflows; balancing ambitious product vision with reliable execution; deliver durable, reliable, agentic software
Industry & Context.
technical judgment; Ability to lead teams through ambiguity
Willingness to travel to offsites, team syncs, and customer sites, U. S. Citizenship, Active security clearance or ability/willingness to obtain one
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years of experience leading and building software engineering teams, 8+ years of professional software development experience, technical judgment across full-stack systems, product instincts, prior experience working directly with users, customers, or mission owners to understand workflows, collect feedback, and ship better solutions, Ability to lead teams through ambiguity, balancing speed, reliability, security, and mission impact, Track record of data-driven decision making, Coding in Python, TypeScript, or similar, PostgreSQL, or other relational databases, Software development in AWS or other cloud services, U. S. Citizenship
Nice to Have
Active security clearance or ability/willingness to obtain one, Prior experience building software for defense, national security or intelligence use cases
What You'll Do.
Lead the Mission Agents team in designing
and shipping a cutting-edge agent-powered mission console
Guide the implementation and scaling of robust agentic workflows
Partner with customers
and product teams to understand user workflows and drive concrete outcomes
Help define and shape how users are enabled by AI and agents
Reduce friction and duplication across the team by building technical patterns
and clear product engineering practices
Grow and mentor a high-performing team of full-stack engineers
Foster a engineering culture focused on pragmatism
Collaborate with Design
and Product teams to deliver durable
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with customers, mission owners, designers, product leaders, and engineers; Customer and mission partnership; Cross-functional execution; Collaborate with Design, Platform, and Product teams
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills
Process & Methodology
project ownership
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