Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal/National Security

Red Cell Partners

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$180,000–$240,000/yr

Benefits

Unlimited PTO 14w maternity 14w paternity

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What You’ll Do:

  • Work directly with federal and national-security customers to understand mission workflows, pain points, and operational constraints.
  • Build and deploy AI-enabled applications, agents, and workflow automation in secure customer environments.
  • Own delivery from prototype through production, including architecture, backend services, and customer acceptance.

What We’re Looking For:

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to build production-quality systems.
  • Experience with backend engineering, distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, or applied AI/ML systems.
  • Ability to operate in ambiguous customer environments and turn unclear requirements into working software.

Why This Role:

  • Build software that directly supports national-security missions.
  • Work on high-impact problems where AI, automation, and modern engineering can improve operations.
  • Be at the cutting edge of technology, building AI solutions for the future.

Red Cell Partners

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies in healthcare, cyber, and national security. The team is united by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation.

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