Field-Deploy Software Engineer for Government Impact

belisar; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Healthcare coverage

Life/AD&D & disability insurance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Belisar is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy and customize our CRM platform for federal contracting environments. You will work on data ingestion, integrations, and workflow automation to deliver impactful outcomes in complex customer ecosystems.

The role combines engineering rigor with customer-facing collaboration, requiring strong backend skills and the ability to translate requirements into working software.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering / forward deployed engineering experience.
• Strong foundation in at least one backend language (Python, Go, Java, or similar).
• Hands-on experience deploying or integrating software in complex real-world environments.
• Fluency with data: SQL, ETL pipelines, REST APIs, and working with structured and unstructured data sources.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure the Belisar platform in customer environments, including data ingestion pipelines, integrations, and custom workflow automation.
• Write production-quality code (scripts, APIs, and lightweight applications) to extend platform capabilities.
• Integrate Belisar with third-party data sources, government systems, and customer infrastructure.
• Diagnose and resolve technical issues rapidly in the field, with limited access to core infrastructure or remote support.
• Translate operational requirements from non-technical stakeholders into clean technical specifications and working software.
• Build tooling, templates, and reusable components that accelerate future deployments.
• Partner with the product engineering team to surface field-discovered bugs, feature gaps, and architecture feedback.
• Own technical relationships with customer engineers, data teams, and IT/security leads.
• Contribute to internal knowledge bases, deployment playbooks, and engineering documentation.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

SQL

REST APIs

Job description

Belisar is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy and customize our CRM platform for federal contracting environments. You will work on data ingestion, integrations, and workflow automation to deliver impactful outcomes in complex customer ecosystems.

The role combines engineering rigor with customer-facing collaboration, requiring strong backend skills and the ability to translate requirements into working software.