Engineering Manager, Mission Agents

Clavis Technologies; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vannevar Labs is seeking an Engineering Manager with 8+ years of full-stack software engineering experience and 3+ years of team leadership. You will guide a team of engineers building agent-powered workflows and scale our mission console to empower warfighters with actionable insights.

You will work closely with product, design, and customer teams to expand our Decrypt product for international partners, shaping how AI agents are deployed for national security.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Built and shipped AI agents or LLM-powered products in production.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of ~5 engineers (growing to ~7).
• Own and scale full-stack agentic workflows that give national security teams real decision advantage.
• Expand flagship Decrypt product to support international allied partners.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Product-minded

Team leadership

AI agents in production

Python

TypeScript

React

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

LangGraph

Pydantic AI

Job description

About This Role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager with 8+ years of experience building and shipping production software and 3+ years leading teams to own and scale our agent-powered mission console at Vannevar Labs. You’re a product-minded technical leader who has built agentic AI systems in production and thrives working closely with product, design, and customer teams. You’ll lead a team of ~5 engineers (growing to ~7) building full-stack agentic workflows that give warfighters real decision advantage - including expanding our flagship Decrypt product to support international allied partners. This is a rare opportunity to shape how AI agents are deployed for national security at one of the fastest-growing defense tech companies in the country.

Experience

• Seniority
  • 8+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering, 3+ leading a team of engineers
• Work experience
  • Built and scaled customer-facing AI agents or LLM-powered products in production
  • 3+ years managing engineering teams (5-10 people)
• Product-focused engineering background; experience building and shipping software in production

Education

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical background

Hard skills

• Full-stack proficient: Python/TypeScript/React
• Familiar with agentic frameworks (LangGraph, Pydantic AI, similar)

Soft skills

• Strong management skills; passionate about leading and mentoring team of engineers
• Exceptional product instincts - shipped user-facing software iteratively with PMs

Miscellaneous

• Willing to travel to offsites and customer sites

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Product-oriented with experience in user-facing AI projects.
• Hands-on technical leadership preferred over purely managerial experience.

Industry

AI, Defense, Security, Government, Hardware

Office locations

Remote (anywhere in US)