Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Resilient Edge & Tactical Networking

Role overview

Design and build resilient software for edge, mobile, and cloud systems that must keep working when networks are unreliable or unavailable. The role focuses on practical synchronization across nearby devices and remote services, enabling data to move through intermittent connections and reconcile when connectivity returns. It combines systems engineering, networking, security, and hands-on validation in field-like conditions.

Responsibilities - Architect store-and-forward transport and synchronization for low-bandwidth, high-latency, and disconnected environments. - Build local device discovery and asynchronous communication over links such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mesh networks. - Apply delay-tolerant networking and conflict-resilient synchronization so applications can continue operating offline. - Develop components that connect edge hardware, mobile endpoints, and cloud services. - Tune performance, memory use, and reliability on resource-constrained devices deployed in rugged settings. - Implement suitable authentication and authorization patterns, and work with hardware, mobile, and backend teams to validate end-to-end behavior.

Requirements - Five or more years of software engineering experience building systems software or distributed networking services. - Strong skills in Rust or another systems language such as Go, C, or C++. - Demonstrated experience with store-and-forward designs, delay-tolerant networks, asynchronous I/O, or device-to-device networking. - Practical experience handling synchronization across intermittent, constrained, or contested connections.

Nice to have - Android development experience, including background synchronization or Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct. - Familiarity with hybrid mobile and cloud architectures and state reconciliation. - Field testing of wireless networking hardware or software. - Experience with content-addressable data, Merkle DAGs, CRDTs, embedded systems, or robotics.

Benefits and work setup - Benefits may vary by location. Listed offerings include health, dental, and vision coverage; equity options; flexible time off; parental leave for eligible employees; and education support. - U.S.-based offerings also include a retirement plan match, an HSA contribution option, life and disability insurance, and parking for in-office employees.