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Usul is a Silicon Valley AI lab focused on helping America and its allies acquire technology rapidly through modernized procurement infrastructure. The company was founded by Stanford dropouts and MIT AI scientists alongside Tier-1 Special Forces operators. Over the past year, Usul has helped Global 500 companies including RTX, BAE Systems, and Palantir win $12B in contracts across 30 NATO nations, and has become the youngest founders to win a US Defense contract.
In this role, you will work as a full stack engineer building data systems and workflows that government operators will use daily to acquire technology at speed. You'll contribute to both the internal government-facing platform and the commercial platform that helps major defense contractors and frontier startups win government contracts across allied nations.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Building AI agents and leveraging LLMs effectively in production systems
- Developing intuitive user interfaces using React and modern web technologies
- Working directly with operators and C-suite executives at Fortune 500 defense companies
- Traveling to customer sites at military bases as needed
- Solving mission-critical national security problems with a scrappy, entrepreneurial mindset
This is a full-time, full stack position based in the San Francisco office with potential on-site work at DC locations for customer engagement.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2-8 years of software engineering experience
- Proficiency building AI agents and utilizing LLMs effectively
- Strong React skills for building intuitive UIs
- Confidence presenting technical solutions to operators and C-suite executives at Fortune 500 companies
- Willingness to travel to customer sites at military bases
- Passion for solving mission-critical national security problems
- Scrappy, entrepreneurial mindset and frustration with current system inefficiencies
BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:
- Active TS/SCI or Secret security clearance
- Prior experience working on government projects
- Familiarity with NextJS and TypeScript
