Senior Full Stack Engineer, Government (IL5)

Job Description

Job DescriptionAbout the Role

Join an AI company building secure solutions for government users. You will rebuild and scale the platform in a government cloud environment, helping bring AI-powered learning experiences to senior leaders.

What You'll Do

• Rebuild the platform stack in an Azure Government IL5 environment, prioritizing security, stability, and reliability.
• Design data access controls based on clearance levels so users can only access appropriately classified information.
• Maintain and scale backend infrastructure as government usage grows, with work split approximately 70% backend and 30% frontend.
• Partner with an ML engineer to port retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, benchmark models, and reduce operating costs.
• Coordinate with the core platform team to bring new features into the government deployment.

What We're Looking For

• Five to ten years of full stack engineering experience, including substantial backend-focused work and full stack development experience.
• Strong proficiency in React, Next.js, and Python, with experience in Java also relevant.
• At least one year building in a DoD or US government IL5 environment.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based AI platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP, plus experience with machine learning, LLMs, and RAG pipelines.
• Working knowledge of government cloud security standards and processes, including DoD Cloud Computing SRG, NIST 800-53 and 800-171, STIGs, and RMF or ATO.
• A bachelor's degree in computer science or a STEM-related field.
• Startup experience or a combination of startup and large technology company experience, and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in regulated or traditionally slow-moving industries is useful.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $180,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.