Vannevar Labs
Senior Full Stack Engineer, Geospatial
Job Summary
The role involves developing and deploying mission-critical geospatial applications for defense and strategic initiatives. Candidates should have at least 4 years of experience in full stack development, particularly with React and JavaScript, and familiarity with databases and caching. The position emphasizes collaboration with military and mission teams, and offers benefits supporting health, work flexibility, and family needs. The environment values user-centered design, performance optimization, and mentoring within a cross-functional team.
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Job Description
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.
Senior Full Stack Engineer, Geospatial
The Geospatial engineering team is building a cutting-edge platform for unclassified geospatial analytical workflows in support of strategic competition efforts. We’re looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to help build and deliver mission-critical capabilities into the hands of those who serve our nation.
You’ll be part of a cross-functional team that includes software engineers and officers from all branches of the military. We also do something common in Silicon Valley tech companies but radical in the defense space: we develop and test products side-by-side with our users, including on US military bases and remote locations abroad. Our engineering culture is about empathizing with users and building software products that deliver maximum mission impact.
What you’ll do
- Build efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex geospatial applications in environments with performance and resource constraints
- Implement new geospatial algorithms, backend systems, and user interfaces
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, and our mission team to deliver compelling user-facing products
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers
- Travel up to 20% of time to meet with mission owners and deliver capabilities
Qualifications
- 4+ years as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
- Familiarity with relational databases (like Postgres), caching technologies (like Redis), object stores (like S3), and distributed search systems (like ElasticSearch)
- Experience with React and JavaScript Development
- Experience building and owning features end-to-end
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- You must be a US resident or citizen
Qualifications (Nice to Haves)
- Experience building geospatial products
- 4+ years of experience implementing geospatial algorithms
- 4+ years of experience building with React and JavaScript
What we offer
The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $210,000 + equity + 401K match. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 100% remote first culture. You can work from anywhere in the US and all full time employees have WeWork access
- Unlimited PTO including competitive vacation and holiday schedules
- Lifestyle stipends - Monthly mental health, wellness & fitness stipend, in-home office setup stipend and family planning assistance
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
- Fully paid parental leave
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
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.
Vannevar Labs
Vannevar Labs brings together a multi-disciplinary group of people with a wide range of experiences, over 40 years of military service, engineers from some of the top tech companies and startups, and a passion for delivering mission critical tools to support public servants on the front lines of the country's most important national security problems
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