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Forward Deployed Engineer

Onebrief· Engineering
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Hybrid (United States | Remote)$180k - $220k + equityFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) bridge core software capabilities and real-world mission outcomes by deploying alongside operators to translate field friction into executable software, integrating systems across core platforms and partner environments, and turning field learnings into generalized product capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Personally Own Mission Outcomes: Sit directly with operational users during field embeddings to translate complex mission friction into technically executable software solutions. Inspect schemas, write integration scripts, call REST APIs, analyze logs, and debug systems inside restricted customer environments.
  • Bridge Field Execution & Product Strategy: Identify recurring field workarounds and collaborate directly with Product and Core Engineering to convert localized fixes into generalized, reusable platform capabilities, avoiding one-off custom engineering.
  • Integrate Systems Across Core & Simulation: Connect Onebrief Core and Atom Engine with partner C2 systems, databases, and military data structures in complex network environments.
  • Provide High-Signal Engineering Leverage: Protect core development teams by conducting rigorous failure-domain isolation in the field. Package escalations with reproduction steps, environmental states, logs, and root hypotheses.
  • Communicate & Brief Stakeholders: Transition effortlessly between whiteboarding distributed software architecture with engineers and briefing senior military leaders or command staff on operational impact.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of progressive software engineering, solutions engineering, or field software engineering experience involving hands-on development.
  • Proficiency in standard programming languages (Python, C++, C#, TypeScript, Go, or similar) and hands-on experience with REST/gRPC APIs, relational databases, data modeling, JSON/XML schemas, microservices, and cloud/edge infrastructure.
  • Proven ability to parse application logs, diagnose network or authentication failures across multiple systems, and isolate root causes (experience in restricted/air-gapped environments valuable).
  • Exceptional ability to explain technical trade-offs, lead interactive working sessions with users, and handle operational urgency with non-technical stakeholders.
  • Active Secret clearance required.
  • Willingness to travel 25-50% of the time.

Skills

Required:ProgrammingAPI integrationLog analysis & debuggingStakeholder communication

Benefits

  • Equity: Share in the company's success.
  • Flexible Work Environment: Remote-first organization with flexible work hours and unlimited PTO (note: some roles may be in-person on-site with customers).
  • Comprehensive Health Coverage: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Parental Leave: 8 weeks at 100% regardless of state.
  • Company Retreats: Annual company summit trips.
  • Home Office Budget: $1,000 per year for home office improvements.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Onebrief

Onebrief makes military headquarters run seamlessly

Virtually everything in the military requires a plan—from everyday operations to war-time missions. With a rigorous process, many stakeholders, and rudimentary software (PowerPoint!!), planning is very slow. Onebrief is a collaborative software designed to make military planning fast. It turns every input into reusable building blocks and automatically keeps all planning artifacts in sync.

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