Federal Mission Delivery Engineer — Remote-First

FirstMile Ventures; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Kamiwaza AI is seeking a Mission Delivery Engineer (MDE) to guide DoD/IC engagements from pre-sales PoV demos to production handoff, including secure deployments in air-gapped environments. You will own discovery, architecture, and delivery, combining coding with practical operations to enable mission success.

This role emphasizes hands-on implementation, integration with customer systems, and readiness for secure, compliant deployments while coordinating with partners and customers for a

Qualifications

• 6+ years in customer-facing technical roles supporting U.S. federal customers.
• Demonstrated ability to lead end-to-end engagements: discovery, validation, PoV/pilot, production handoff.
• Comfort operating in sensitive mission contexts and communicating within security constraints.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with federal customers, define use cases and PoV plans.
• Design and deliver tailored demos, PoVs, and workshops for executive and practitioner audiences.
• Convert PoVs into production implementations with deployment automation and security posture.
• Establish secure handoff packages and enablement sessions for customers and partners.
• Partner with Sales/Capture to shape technical win strategies and provide delivery risk assessments.
• Create repeatable delivery playbooks and impact-focused customer solutions.

Skills

Python

APIs/SDKs

GenAI systems/LLMs

Distributed systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Kamiwaza AI is seeking a Mission Delivery Engineer (MDE) to guide DoD/IC engagements from pre-sales PoV demos to production handoff, including secure deployments in air-gapped environments. You will own discovery, architecture, and delivery, combining coding with practical operations to enable mission success.

This role emphasizes hands-on implementation, integration with customer systems, and readiness for secure, compliant deployments while coordinating with partners and customers for a