Manager, Software Engineering (Collection) Remote; San Francisco, California, United States; Wa[...]

OptiRoi Media; Mississippi; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to enhancing national security through innovative software solutions. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a talented team focused on developing data collection platforms that support open-source intelligence workflows. Your leadership will drive the creation of scalable applications that gather and process publicly available data, playing a vital role in our mission to improve technology for government use. This role offers the opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the U.S., with a culture that prioritizes well-being and work-life balance. If you are passionate about technology and public service, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

Lifestyle stipends

Salary top-up during military reserve duty

Fully paid parental leave

Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

WeWork access for remote employees

Qualifications

• Proven experience in engineering leadership roles.
• Strong technical expertise in building ETL pipelines and designing APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a cross-functional team focused on data collection.
• Design and build scalable applications for collecting publicly available information.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

ETL Pipeline Development

API Design

Data Scraping

Operational Security

Communication Skills

Project Ownership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

PostgreSQL

AWS

Temporal.io

Job description

Manager, Software Engineering (Collection)

Remote · San Francisco, California, United States · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Vannevar Labs supports people on the front lines by building tools that deter and de-escalate conflict with America's adversaries. We build software and hardware for this mission that enable our customers to maintain maritime vigilance, disrupt misinformation, and collect non-traditional intelligence. In strategic competition, the intelligence and actions that shape conflict occur well before war itself. We build tools to win this fight now.

This mission has become urgent. The US and our allies are fighting a war of deterrence with woefully outdated technology. As a team, we believe in public service and that our democracy and government improve only if we put serious, collective effort into improving them, including the technology our government uses.

Since our founding in 2019, we have grown to support a wide range of missions and capabilities across all U.S. service branches, multiple combatant commands, partner nations, and the intelligence community. We have been profitable since 2021, and are backed by investors including General Catalyst, DFJ Growth, Point72, Costanoa, and Felicis.

In today's digital landscape, OSINT (open-source intelligence) tools have become indispensable for understanding global dynamics and informing critical decisions. The Ukraine-Russia conflict has demonstrated the power of OSINT in providing real-time insights into military movements, disinformation campaigns, and humanitarian crises, often outpacing traditional intelligence gathering methods. Similarly, as global competition with China intensifies, OSINT collection offers valuable perspectives on technological advancements, economic strategies, and geopolitical maneuvers. In the Middle East, where regional tensions and rapid sociopolitical changes are constant, OSINT plays a crucial role in monitoring extremist activities.

About The Role

We're looking for a talented Software Engineering Manager to lead our social collection platform engineering team, specializing in data collection and processing to support OSINT (open-source intelligence) workflows in the US DoD. You'll be tasked with building and leading a mid-sized team that focuses on gathering and leveraging publicly available data. This team plays a crucial role in powering Decrypt, Vannevar Labs' flagship product, while also supporting new product initiatives. Your team will be responsible for our core collection platform, which handles large-scale web traffic processing with a strong emphasis on operational security and managed attribution.

What You’ll Do

• Team Building: Develop and lead a strong cross-functional team focused on data collection and exploitation to power all VL products.
• Data Product Development: Design and build scalable, reliable data-intensive applications for collecting and warehousing publicly available information.
• Technology Improvement: Identify opportunities for automation and enhancement of our core data collection platform from various online sources.
• Collaboration: Work closely with engineers, product engineering teams and mission success, leveraging your communication skills to ensure effective teamwork.

What we look for

• Proven experience in engineering leadership roles, either as a tech lead or engineering manager.
• Strong technical expertise in building ETL pipelines and designing APIs.
• Ability to build and scale creative solutions to challenging data access and collection problems.
• Understanding of managed attribution and operational security best practices.
• High ethical standards for handling sensitive data, ensuring adherence to data privacy rules and compliance standards.
• Willingness to travel up to offsite and team syncs ~4 weeks per year.
• Excellent communication skills, teamwork abilities, and project ownership.
• U.S. Citizenship (required to access U.S.-only data systems).
• Experience in data scraping or a strong desire to learn.
• Proficiency coding with Python, or similar.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL, or other relational databases.
• Proficiency with software development in AWS or other cloud services.
• Familiarity with Temporal.io or similar technologies.

What we offer

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 100% remote first culture. You can work from anywhere in the US and all full-time employees have WeWork access.
• Unlimited PTO including competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
• Lifestyle stipends - Monthly mental health, wellness & fitness stipend, in-home office setup stipend and family planning assistance.
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty.
• Fully paid parental leave.
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel.

Vannevar Labs is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you!