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 The US and our allies are fighting a war of deterrence with woefully outdated technology.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.
Authentication Platform - Senior Full Stack Engineer
The Authentication Platform team builds and manages systems for Identity and Access Management, Login Experiences, and API Authentication across Vannevar Labs’ suite of products and solutions. This team is in a unique position to directly influence the experience for our end users in the DoD, Vannevar Labs’ Mission team, as well as internal and external developers. The systems we build define and enforce standards for Authentication and Authorization across a growing suite of 10+ unique products and tools.
You will be part of a small team of 2-3 people, responsible for building and managing this business-critical infrastructure. You will have an opportunity to be a technical leader on the team, and influence security and authentication patterns within the wider organization. You’ll work with our Security team to ensure our approach to Authentication and Authorization meets the strict requirements of DoD environments. You’ll also interface with the Mission team to define and build a variety of user management workflows and experiences. Finally, you’ll have an opportunity to craft the strategy for securing a growing suite of Vannevar Labs’ APIs.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, deploy, and maintain a complete suite of AuthZ and AuthN systems, leveraging opensource software like Keycloak and OpenFGA
- Help define and shape the team’s direction and roadmap
- Build APIs and UX experiences to support user login, user-management, and access control experiences
- Work closely with the security team to define and implement security practices
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in frontend and backend software development, with demonstrated ability to work across the stack
- You have a strong foundation in security and authentication systems, including familiarity with opensource products like Keycloak and OpenFGA
- You have served as a senior engineer, or tech lead, and have demonstrated the ability to mentor and guide more junior engineers
- You have a passion for building great User Experiences and applying best practices on the frontend
- 2+ years of experience building web experiences in React
- U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S only data systems
What we offer
The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $215,000 + equity + 401K match. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training.
We’re proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
- 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!
IMPORTANT NOTICE
We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.
