Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Remote | Secret

LMI Consulting, LLC; Tysons (VA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with mission users and own technical solutions from need to production. This hands-on role requires solving complex problems, autonomy, and a focus on delivering measurable mission impact.

You will work with mission users to translate requirements into AI-enabled workflows, build and deploy capabilities, and iterate until outcomes improve. Expect travel and close collaboration with government and industry stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance.
• Strong full-stack engineering experience with modern TypeScript-based applications.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks; React experience is a plus.
• Experience designing and operating production backend services and APIs (e.g., Node.js or equivalent).
• Experience designing integrations across APIs, external data sources, and existing enterprise systems.
• Experience shipping containerized software through modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience deploying secure production systems in cloud environments; AWS GovCloud or DoD environments are a plus.
• Expertise in the software development lifecycle and security principles.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with multiple stakeholders, including senior executives from government and industry.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with mission users to understand operational requirements and translate them into technical solutions across the product, data, and integration stack.
• Own architecture and implementation of new capabilities, integrations, and production improvements to ensure applications align with real-world mission objectives and user feedback.
• Own key architecture decisions across application, data, integration, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Design for reliability, observability, security, and constrained operating environments.
• Test, deploy, and maintain new functionality and features, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and processes.
• Integrate software solutions with existing business processes, including effective use of APIs.
• Diagnose production issues with users and turn recurring problems into durable engineering solutions, on-site and remotely.
• Travel 30%+ (CONUS) to provide localized technical support at mission sites as needed.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Node.js

APIs design

CI/CD

Security principles

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

AWS GovCloud

Job description

LMI is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with mission users and own technical solutions from need to production. This hands-on role requires solving complex problems, autonomy, and a focus on delivering measurable mission impact.

You will work with mission users to translate requirements into AI-enabled workflows, build and deploy capabilities, and iterate until outcomes improve. Expect travel and close collaboration with government and industry stakeholders.