LMI builds mission-ready software solutions for government partners to accelerate decisions, streamline operations, and support critical national missions. The Forward Deployed Software Engineer will work directly with customers to deliver secure, scalable applications.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience building and deploying full-stack applications using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, MEAN, and Node.js.
- Experience designing and maintaining APIs and backend services.
- Familiarity with cloud deployment models (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, etc.).
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD, and secure software development for government environments.
- Ability to translate customer needs into actionable technical approaches and deliver solutions in fast-moving or ambiguous contexts.
- Experience deploying applications in secure, mission-critical environments.
- 5+ years of software engineering or technical deployment experience, ideally in customer-facing or government environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement software solutions across multiple government deployments, from first prototype to stable mission use.
- Build and maintain scalable applications using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and modern web frameworks.
- Develop and optimize APIs, databases, and cloud-based services to support secure, high-performance mission applications.
- Write and review production-grade software across backend and full-stack environments when clarity or momentum depends on it.
- Capture reusable workflows, best practices, and lessons learned into playbooks, tools, and building blocks that scale beyond a single project.
- Share field signal with LMI’s product and research teams to guide the evolution of our engineering practices and software platforms.
- Translate needs into technical approaches, and deliver capabilities that directly support operations.
Other
- An Active TS/SCI security clearance and availability to collocate with our defense and national security customers in the Pentagon.
- Must have an active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
- Excellent problem-solving, judgment, and communication skills, with ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
- Demonstrated ability to simplify complexity, anticipate risks, and provide clarity in high-stakes environments.
- Proven track record of scoping and delivering complex systems under tight timelines.
