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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Vannevar's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 39% of Vannevar's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Vannevar
- high 23 stale, 0 reposted of 28 open
- Hiring momentum
- 45 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Vannevar's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Vannevar.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer at Vannevar, you will design and implement the Decision Advantage product, which aids defense and intelligence operators in understanding adversary influence operations. Your work will involve building applications for mission-critical tasks, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and enhancing the platform's capabilities using technologies like TypeScript, React, and Node.js. You'll also engage directly with users to refine workflows and solutions.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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 Vannevar as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres, and AWS
- Hands-on experience with at least one major search engine (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch)
- Prior experience working in a user-facing product role
Nice to have
- Active Security clearance or ability to obtain one and desire to travel to visit users, collect feedback, and debug issues
- Prior experience developing AI-native products
- Understanding of search concepts like indexing, ranking, query parsing, and tokenization
What you get
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Remote friendly with WeWork access
- Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
- 401(k) match
- Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
Worth weighing
- Role involves working on mission-critical applications for defense, which may require understanding sensitive contexts
- Opportunity to travel to operational units, which may not suit all candidates
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Listed by Vannevar on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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