Vannevar Labs

Senior Fullstack AI Engineer - Agents

Remote

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Defense & National SecurityIndustries

Requirements

Candidates must have a track record of shipping high impact, fullstack, and preferably data or AI-enabled applications, deep and current knowledge of AI capabilities, LLM tooling, and emerging trends, and an excitement to work cross-functionally with other engineers, designers, and machine learning engineers. Familiarity with relational databases (like Postgres), caching technologies (like Redis), object stores (like S3), and distributed search systems (like ElasticSearch) is required, along with experience with React, Typescript/JavaScript, and Python. Active or previous TS / SCI Clearance is a plus but not needed.

Responsibilities

The Senior Fullstack AI Engineer will design and prototype agentic solutions, own the full lifecycle of building agents including prompt engineering, custom agent architectures, tool-calling, fine-tuning, guardrails, and evaluations, build chat and agent native applications, implement re-usable components to enable other developers, embed with customers and mission owners, and collaborate across disciplines to build effective AI-native applications.

Skills

Fullstack Development
AI
Prompt Engineering
Agent Architectures
Tool-Calling
Fine-Tuning
UX Design
Software Engineering

Vannevar Labs

Advanced data collection for national security

About Vannevar Labs

Vannevar Labs enhances national security by providing advanced data collection and analysis tools primarily for government agencies and defense contractors. Their main product, Decrypt, simplifies the process of gathering public data from hard-to-reach sources while ensuring secure and anonymous data collection. This platform decentralizes data collection, pulling information from various global sources without requiring user interaction, using layered obfuscation methods to protect data integrity and user identities. Decrypt's open architecture allows for quick integration with other applications, making it adaptable to various needs. Vannevar Labs operates on a subscription-based model, charging clients for access to Decrypt, which ensures a steady revenue stream. The company's goal is to leverage technology to improve national security and maintain its reputation as a trusted provider in the defense sector.

Palo Alto, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$89MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, DefenseIndustries
51-200Employees

Risks

Increased competition from Palantir Technologies in the defense sector.
Potential regulatory scrutiny over data privacy and AI ethics.
Dependence on government contracts vulnerable to budget and political changes.

Differentiation

Vannevar Labs integrates advanced NLP and computer vision for national security solutions.
Decrypt platform decentralizes data collection, ensuring secure and anonymous data gathering.
Open architecture allows Decrypt to integrate with government and commercial applications.

Upsides

Raised $75M in Series B funding, boosting product development and expansion.
Decrypt deployed across 15 key government agencies, generating $25M in sales.
Growing demand for AI-driven cybersecurity aligns with Vannevar Labs' offerings.

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