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Staff Software Engineer, Discovery

Washington, DC (DC-01)💼 Full-time💰 $220,000–$220,000🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-29

Core

Build core capabilities, experiences, and primitives for offensive cyber products and the Lattice OS platform, enabling reliable operation at scale in contested environments.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Cyber/Systems)

Builds

Offensive cyber command and control frameworks, autonomous behavior trees, SIGINT analysis tools, data exfiltration pipelines, and distributed software systems.

Domain

Defense / Cybersecurity / Autonomous Systems

Required skills

Distributed systems design, full-stack debugging, Linux/containerized deployment, API design, SDK development, cross-functional collaboration, technical leadership

Preferred skills

Offensive/defensive cyber background, AI/LLM integration patterns, TypeScript/React, air-gapped deployment experience

Technologies

C, C++, Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, React

Responsibilities

Build highly-available and scalable services and APIs for offensive cyber products; Integrate best-of-breed cyber tools via custom SDKs; Design distributed software systems for degraded/contested networks; Contribute to technical leadership and long-term maintainability; Work directly with program teams and customers to deploy products.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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