Forward Deployed Engineer

Atalanta; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Argonaut stipend for fitness and nutrition

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off

Weekly meals and other on-site amenities

Job summary

Atalanta is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to understand customer needs and drive product impact. The role involves technical deployment, integrating data schemas, and shipping front-end features for users.

Candidates should have experience in national security, proficiency in data structures, and hands-on AI system deployment experience. The position offers a competitive salary between $150,000 and $200,000 per year, alongside substantial equity grants and comprehensive benefits including health insurance and generous PTO.

Qualifications

• Experience working with users in national security or high consequence missions.
• Strong engineering background with proficiency in data structures and front-end frameworks.
• Hands-on experience deploying AI systems and navigating regulatory data protection.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate real-world data schemas with formal methods tools.
• Lead technical product deployment and implementation alongside customers.
• Ship front-end features that make system models understandable for customers.
• Translate on-the-ground insights into product improvements.
• Collaborate on product architecture and design decisions.

Skills

User engagement in national security

Data structures

React/TypeScript

Programming languages like Rust

AI systems deployment

Excellent communication

Job description

About the Role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Atalanta you will focus on understanding customers' real‑world mission needs, designing how Argo is deployed to deliver measurable outcomes, and ensuring successful adoption by users in the field. This role combines product intuition, technical expertise, and user empathy to drive real impact for our customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate real‑world data schemas with formal methods tools (model checkers, SMT & SAT solvers, theorem provers) to facilitate LLM‑powered automated reasoning workflows.
• Lead technical product deployment and implementation alongside customers in the field across cloud, on‑premise, or hybrid environments.
• Ship front‑end features that make system models, constraints, and validation results understandable and actionable for customers.
• Translate on‑the‑ground insights into product improvements and help shape Atalanta’s forward deployment playbook.
• Collaborate with team members on product architecture and design decisions.

Requirements

• Experience working with users in national security or high consequence missions.
• Strong engineering background and proficiency with data structures and front‑end frameworks like React/TypeScript.
• Familiarity, or ability to learn, programming languages like Rust, and theorem provers like Lean.
• Hands‑on experience working with and deploying AI systems, including prompt design and evaluation, LLM tool‑calling and agentic workflow development, and navigating customer or regulatory data protection requirements.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage directly with users and translate insights into product feature prototypes.
• Willingness to travel regularly to customer sites.
• Eligibility for a TS/SCI security clearance (U.S. citizenship required.)

Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for this position is estimated to be $150,000 – $200,000 per year. Employees will also receive a significant equity grant, commensurate with the contribution expected from this role.

Other benefits include:

• Annual Argonaut stipend to invest in your fitness, nutrition, and sleep to help you operate at peak performance.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off.
• Weekly meals and other on‑site amenities at Atalanta HQ.

Equal Opportunity

Atalanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse team aligned by mission, technical expertise, and impact.