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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector

Sitreps · Washington, DC or San Francisco, CA

Posted 14 days ago · $167,000 – $203,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
14 days
Sitreps's roles stay open a median of 37 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
86% of Sitreps's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Sitreps
high
24 stale, 0 reposted of 56 open
Hiring momentum
76 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Sitreps's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Sitreps.

About this role

The Senior Forward Deployed Engineer will engage directly with public sector customers to deploy and operationalize an AI security platform in mission-critical environments. This role involves writing code, debugging systems, building integrations, and creating demos and workflows to facilitate customer adoption of the platform. The engineer will collaborate with various stakeholders to translate operational needs into effective software solutions and deployment architectures, while also providing feedback to shape product development.

Our read on this posting4.0out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Sitreps as an employer.

What you need

  • U.S. Citizenship required; active clearance preferred, eligibility and willingness to obtain one required
  • 5+ years in customer-facing engineering roles, including solutions, sales, product, forward-deployed, or implementation engineering
  • Strong coding ability in Python plus TypeScript, Java, Go, Bash, or similar
  • Experience building, deploying, integrating, or operating production software systems across cloud, containerized, on-prem, or enterprise environments
  • Working knowledge of AI/ML systems, including GenAI, LLM applications, evaluation, guardrails, observability, or agentic workflows
  • Strong debugging, problem-solving, and technical communication skills, with the ability to operate independently in ambiguous customer environments

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting Department of War, IC, federal civilian, or other public sector customers
  • Familiarity with RMF, FedRAMP, IL environments, ATO processes, CMMC, or government software accreditation
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or enterprise integrations
  • Experience integrating with IdAM providers, SIEMs, data platforms, APIs, secure networks, or logging and monitoring tools
  • Hands-on experience with AI evaluation, red-teaming, runtime guardrails, model observability, AI governance, or agentic systems

What you get

  • $167,000 – $203,000 base salary
  • equity
  • company benefits
  • incentive compensation

Worth weighing

  • No fully remote option; must be able to work on-site and travel up to 50%
  • Role involves working in fast-moving, ambiguous settings which may require quick iterations
  • Position is customer-facing and may involve complex problem-solving in real environments

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Listed by Sitreps on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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