Usul

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco Office

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Seniority: Mid level
Stated salary: $180,000 – $240,000 per year
Country: US
Work mode: On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly: 2 Sept 2026

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About Usul

Usul is a Silicon Valley AI lab helping America and its allies buy technology at the speed of Amazon Prime. We're Stanford dropouts, MIT AI scientists, and Tier-1 Special Forces Operators dedicating our lives to rebuilding the infrastructure that equips the Western world.

We’re the youngest founders to ever win a US Defense contract. Over the past year, we’ve helped Global 500 companies including RTX, BAE Systems, Palantir and Ukrainian drone manufacturers win $12B in contracts across 30 NATO nations.

You’ll be a forward deployed engineer working in the room on the data and workflows operators in the government will use daily to acquire any technology at the speed of relevance. You’ll also work directly on our commercial platform to help the biggest defense companies the world and frontier startups win government contracts across our allies.

Who we’re looking for

2-5 YOE, full time, full stack

Knows how to build AI Agents and utilize LLMs effectively

Has confidence to present to operators and C-suites at Fortune 500s

Willing to travel to customers on site at military bases

Has passion for solving mission-critical national security problems

Builds intuitive UIs with React

Scrappy and fiery, pissed off with how the system currently works

ELITE Communication skills

Bonuses

Holds a TS/SCI or Secret Clearance

Has worked on government projects before

Familiarity with React, NextJS, Typescript

About the interview

15-minute screening with Joon (CTO) or Oliver (CPO)

30-minute Culture Fit with Jarren (CEO)

3-hour Technical Interview with Joon (CTO)

On-site at San Francisco/DC

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