Forward Deployed Software Engineer Harmattan AI · United Arab Emirates

Rust UI; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmattan AI in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer to join our onsite team. You will spend your time writing code, designing and building solutions that address real-world operational needs for partner militaries, and delivering working software rapidly.

You will take loosely defined requirements from partners, translate them into robust software, and deploy directly on site.

Responsibilities

• Design and build software applications that solve specific operational problems for our partners, owning them end-to-end from architecture through deployment.
• Take loosely defined, real-world requirements from partner militaries and organizations and turn them into working software, often on tight timelines.
• Build interfaces and connectors between our platforms and partner systems, and validate data flows end-to-end in the field.
• Deploy your solutions on site, gather feedback directly from operators, and iterate quickly based on what you see working (or not) in practice.

Job description

# Forward Deployed Software EngineerHarmattan AI · United Arab Emirates · Senior · OnsiteView & Apply## About Harmattan AIHarmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.## About the RoleAs a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you'll spend your time writing code. You'll work with partner technical teams and end users to understand what they actually need, then design and build the solution yourself: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment. You'll be close enough to the mission to see why the problem matters, and you'll ship fast, because what you build gets used in the field almost immediately. Once a solution proves itself, you'll work with our core platform team to fold the durable parts back into the product, so your work keeps paying off beyond the deployment you built it for.## Key Responsibilities:* Design and build software applications that solve specific operational problems for our partners, owning them end-to-end from architecture through deployment.* Take loosely defined, real-world requirements from partner militaries and organizations and turn them into working software, often on tight timelines.* Build interfaces and connectors between our platforms and partner systems, and validate data flows end-to-end in the field.* Deploy your solutions on site, gather feedback directly from operators, and iterate quickly based on what you see working (or not) in practice.