Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector at Sitreps

Department: Defense Tech

Language

Compensation

$167,000 – $203,000/yr

Location: Bogota, Bogota, Capital District
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 2, 2026

Description

The client is hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to deploy and operationalize an AI security platform for federal and public-sector customers. The role involves writing code, debugging complex systems, building integrations, supporting deployments, creating customer-facing demos and workflows, and translating field feedback into product and delivery improvements. It is a full-time individual-contributor position based in Washington, DC or San Francisco, with regular on-site engagement and up to 50% travel, and requires U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a security clearance.

Required Skills

Python
TypeScript
Java
Go
Bash
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
CI/CD
Cloud infrastructure
AI evaluation
Runtime guardrails
Agent governance

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years in customer-facing engineering roles, including solutions, sales, product, forward-deployed, or implementation engineering.
Experience building, deploying, integrating, or operating production software systems across cloud, containerized, on-prem, or enterprise environments.
Experience supporting Department of War, IC, federal civilian, or other public sector customers.
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or enterprise integrations.
Experience integrating with IdAM providers, SIEMs, data platforms, APIs, secure networks, or logging and monitoring tools.
Hands-on experience with AI evaluation, red-teaming, runtime guardrails, model observability, AI governance, or agentic systems.
Prior experience at a defense-tech, AI, cybersecurity, cloud, or enterprise SaaS company.
Preferred Qualifications: Strong coding ability in Python plus TypeScript, Java, Go, Bash, or similar.
Working knowledge of AI/ML systems, including GenAI, LLM applications, evaluation, guardrails, observability, or agentic workflows.
Strong debugging, problem-solving, and technical communication skills, with the ability to operate independently in ambiguous customer environments.
Willingness to travel regularly to customer sites.
U.S. citizenship and eligibility and willingness to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Active Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI clearance.