58 forward deployed software engineer jobs at 37 companies in Frederick, MD
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Founding Full-stack / Product Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$130k-$300k/yrOn-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Help us build a 100× better job search engine. We need a full-stack engineer with great taste, sharp fundamentals, and a track record of shipping polished product on React/Next.js plus a real backend (Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe).
Pryzm: AI-powered platform for federal procurement and government contracting.
2+ YOE2+ years in software/forward deployed engineering; backend language (Python, Go, Java, or similar); experience deploying/integrating software; data handling and REST APIs; customer-facing work; eligible for on-site US work.
Conductor AI: AI platform for automating government compliance and approval workflows.
2+ YOEActive DoD Secret clearance, US citizenship, 2+ years engineering experience, proficiency in Python and TypeScript, experience with LLMs, customer-facing technical experience, ability to travel up to ~50%.
PVM: Specialized services firm implementing Palantir technology for government agencies.
8+ YOE8+ years in software engineering or systems integration; Palantir Foundry experience; CI/CD pipelines; Python/TypeScript/Java; DoD/government domain familiarity.
Fort Worth or Littleton or Orlando or Palmdale or Washington or California or Colorado or District of Columbia or Florida or Texas
$109k-$217k/yrRemoteFull Time
Lockheed MartinNYSE: LMT: Designs and manufactures global security and aerospace systems.
3+ YOE3+ years in software/platform/MLOps engineering; experience deploying Kubernetes-based MLOps in GPU environments; production AI/ML delivery ownership; strong debugging and communication skills; U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain Secret clearance.
AI Factory, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Amazon SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, Azure ML, Databricks Mosaic AI, IBM watsonx, Dataiku, Domino, DataRobot, Python, Go, Rust, Java, C++, CI/CD
Istari Digital: Provides digital engineering software for aerospace and defense industries.
Experienced software engineer to embed with customers, build integrations for CAD/CFD/FEM pipelines, work in U.S. defense/aerospace contexts, and translate field feedback to product.
CAD, CFD, FEM, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
SZNS Solutions: Provides specialized Google Cloud engineering and AI consulting services.
5+ YOEBachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent; 5+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture, and deployments; strong cloud experience (GCP/AWS/Azure); full-stack proficiency (Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, or Java); Docker/Kubernetes; US Citizen.
Antithesis: Autonomous software testing platform for deterministic bug detection.
Experience building or operating systems software; customer-facing engineering experience; ability to read, instrument, test, and debug unfamiliar codebases; strong communication; willing to work in-office five days/week and travel occasionally.
Ultimate Knowledge: Provides cybersecurity training and workforce readiness assessment solutions.
5+ YOE5+ years backend/platform software engineering, Kubernetes production experience, GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), Terraform/Helm/Kustomize, troubleshooting distributed systems, cloud (AWS) and scripting (Bash/Python); active DoD Secret clearance required.
El Segundo or Los Angeles or Washington or San Francisco or San Diego or London
$140k-$240k/yrFieldFull Time
CHAOS Industries: Develops advanced radar and sensing systems for modern defense.
1+ YOEStrong technical foundation (CS, Data Science, Math, Physics, Aerospace), proficiency in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript, familiarity with Git/SSH/Linux, ML/AI experience, US security clearance or ability to qualify, travel up to 25%.
Seekr: Transparent AI platform for enterprise and government decision-making.
6+ YOE6+ years in software/data/ML; degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics/Data Science; hands-on with AI/ML and LLM frameworks; production systems; multi-cloud; containerization; Python/Java/TypeScript; travel 25–75%; client collaboration.
Eden Prairie or Minneapolis or Washington or United States
$203k-$348k/yrRemoteFull Time
UnitedHealth GroupNYSE: UNH: Provides health insurance and technology-enabled health care services.
10+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Engineering/Data Science; 10+ years software engineering; 9+ years consulting/advisory experience; experience building and deploying AI/ML (LLMs), cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP), stakeholder management, and strong communication.
Washington or Ketchum or Orlando or Maryland or Palo Alto or Boston or West Virginia
$135k-$165k/yrRemoteFull Time
PBA Group: Designs and manufactures industrial robotics and precision motion systems.
Strong technical foundation in hardware and software; hands-on vehicle maintenance; CLI, log analysis, networking troubleshooting; travel ~75%; able to debug deployments without production code; mission-focused with end users; proactive problem-solving in ambiguous environments.
6+ YOE6+ years software engineering experience, proficiency in Python, geospatial libraries (Rasterio, Fiona, Shapely, OpenLayers, GDAL), AWS or GCP, active Top Secret clearance, strong customer engagement and software engineering best practices.
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
$10k/moOnsiteInternship
PalantirNasdaq: PLTR: Developing software platforms for data integration and analytics.
Requires active Full Scope Poly Level clearance, engineering background, proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python, Java, C++, TypeScript/JavaScript), ability to travel ~25–50%, and be a final-internship student graduating Winter 2027 or Spring 2028.
ManTech: Provides technology solutions for defense and intelligence agencies.
7+ YOEActive TS/SCI clearance with polygraph ability, 7+ years technical deployment or information systems security experience, full‑stack coding (Python, JavaScript), documentation and security control implementation experience.