Forward Deployed Engineer · Public Sector

Innovent; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base + meaningful equity

Healthcare and retirement

4 weeks vacation; sabbatical at year 5

Hybrid in-office schedule

Job summary

Innovent is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer for the Public Sector to architect, integrate, ship, and prove the Innfini platform for federal and defense customers. You will join a small team focused on national-scale deployments, often coordinating from a war room or instrumental facilities.

You will own on-site integration, provide customer technical advocacy, and operate in cleared environments with a strong engineering background and customer-facing experience.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance preferred or willingness to obtain.
• Proven strong engineering background across systems.
• Experience working with customers directly.
• Experience deploying to defense or federal civilian agencies.
• Comfortable operating in cleared environments and sensitive settings.

Responsibilities

• Architect, integrate, ship, and prove platform deployments at federal and defense customers.
• Lead on-site integration tasks and coordinate with customer teams to ensure success.
• Advocate technically for customers in cleared environments to address needs.

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance preferred

Strong engineering background

Customer-facing experience

Defense or federal deployment

Comfortable in cleared environments

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer · Public Sector

On-site with federal and defense customers — architect, integrate, ship, and prove the platform.

// What you'll own

The role

You'll join a small team focused on the public sector deployments surface of the Innfini platform. The work is product, customer, and consequence — in equal measure. You'll ship to customers running national-scale operations, sometimes from a war room, sometimes from a chemical plant.

On-site integration

Customer technical advocacy

// What we look for

You

• 01 Active TS/SCI clearance preferred (or willing to obtain)
  • 02 Strong engineering background
  • 03 Customer-facing experience
  • 04 Defense or federal civilian deployment experience
  • 05 Comfortable in cleared environments

// What we offer

The deal.

Competitive base + meaningful equity. Salary bands published internally. Equity that vests over four years with a one-year cliff.

Healthcare and retirement that don't make you read the fine print. Comprehensive medical, dental, vision. 401(k) match (US) and equivalent country plans elsewhere.

4 weeks vacation. Sabbatical at year five. We're a 10-year company on a 30-year problem.

Hybrid, with intent. Tuesday + Thursday in-office at your hub. Heads-down days are protected. Async-by-default for documents, sync for decisions.