What you’ll do
Build and scale Vannevar’s centralized authentication and authorization platform, including tenant isolation across customer environments—from development through classified deployments.
Own the internal self-service platform for user, group, and permission management; partner with Design to deliver intuitive administrative experiences for developers and mission teams.
Build tooling and visualizations that help developers, administrators, and mission users understand and validate access permissions.
Own and evolve Vannevar’s platform management interfaces, including the feature flag system, to support new products and customer needs.
Partner with product engineering teams to build shared authorization and resource-sharing capabilities across the platform.
Shape the long-term roadmap for the Security Platform team by driving scalable platform capabilities and improving the developer experience.
What we’re looking for
7+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of designing, building, and operating scalable backend systems, and delivering full-stack features from conception through production.
Strong backend expertise, including proficiency in one or more modern backend languages (e.g., Python, Java), experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), distributed systems, and API design.
Comfortable owning end-to-end development, including frontend work (e.g., React/TypeScript/Node.js) when needed, with a focus on delivering polished, customer-facing experiences rather than specializing exclusively in backend infrastructure.
Strong product intuition, with the ability to make pragmatic technical decisions, balance user needs with engineering tradeoffs, and thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
Experience with identity and authentication concepts and platforms, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, JWTs, session management, RBAC/ABAC, SSO, Keycloak, OpenFGA, or other authentication and authorization systems.
Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with experience partnering closely with product, design, security, and infrastructure teams, driving technical direction, and aligning stakeholders through ambiguity.
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 working in a user-facing product role
What we offer
The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $215,000 + equity. 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
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
Fully paid parental leave
Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
Vannevar 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.
