About The Role

Join Vannevar Labs as an Engineering Manager for our Mission Agents team. In this role, you will lead the development of an agent-powered mission console and workflow infrastructure for the defense and national security space. You will collaborate with customers, mission owners, designers, and product teams to create impactful AI-driven solutions. This position offers a flexible, fully remote work environment, competitive benefits, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in national security.

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 that enable missions at scale, using modern agent frameworks and patterns.
Grow and mentor a high-performing team of full-stack engineers, fostering a strong engineering culture focused on pragmatism, velocity, ownership, and mission impact.
This role is ideal for a product-minded engineering leader who can combine strong management fundamentals with deep technical judgment around AI-native product development
Track record of data-driven decision making - argue with metrics, not gut feelings
3+ years of experience leading and building software engineering teams, ideally in product engineering, AI/ML, or related domains
Familiarity with agentic AI products and workflows, including frameworks such as LangGraph, Agno, Pydantic AI, or similar systems
Software development in AWS or other cloud services
Ability to lead teams through ambiguity, balancing speed, reliability, security, and mission impact
Strong product instincts and prior experience working directly with users, customers, or mission owners to understand workflows, collect feedback, and ship better solutions
Coding in Python, TypeScript, or similar
Excellent communication skills, cross-functional leadership, and project ownership
U.S. Citizenship, required to access U.S.-only data systems
8+ years of professional software development experience, with strong technical judgment across full-stack systems
Proficiency with:
Willingness to travel to offsites, team syncs, and customer sites
PostgreSQL, or other relational databases
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!
Active security clearance or ability/willingness to obtain one
Prior experience building software for defense, national security or intelligence use cases