Forward Deployed Engineer (D.C Area)

The role

You will work directly with customers to design and build custom workflows and applications on an agentic AI platform. You will spend 80 to 100 percent of your time embedded with customers, working independently in classified or constrained environments.

What you will do

• Embed with customer teams to understand mission workflows, pain points, and operational constraints
• Design and build custom applications and workflows (app packs) on the platform
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on agentic AI solutions in real-world environments
• Translate non-technical user needs into technical implementations
• Operate independently in forward-deployed environments with minimal oversight
• Gather and synthesize product feedback, feature requests, and usage insights
• Collaborate with product engineering and agentic solution teams to influence roadmap and capabilities
• Integrate with enterprise systems such as data platforms, ticketing systems, and collaboration tools
• Build lightweight UI components and interfaces where needed
• Support deployment, troubleshooting, and ongoing iteration of solutions in the field

Required qualifications

• 4+ years in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solution Engineering, or similar customer-facing technical roles
• Experience building and shipping full-stack applications or prototypes in production or near-production environments
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar scripting languages
• Experience integrating with enterprise systems such as Microsoft O365, Palantir Foundry, Databricks, ServiceNow, or Atlassian
• Ability to build simple UI/UX using Node.js, Next.js, or React
• Proven ability to operate autonomously and solve ambiguous problems
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• 4+ years supporting military, intelligence, or defense-related environments
• Familiarity with mission domains such as operations, logistics, intelligence, or C4/IT systems

Nice to have

• Experience working in classified or restricted environments
• Experience working with government or federal customers
• Experience building or deploying AI/ML systems, especially agentic workflows
• Familiarity with tools such as n8n, Palantir Foundry, or other workflow platforms
• Experience evaluating AI system performance and interpreting results
• Exposure to product telemetry, usage analytics, or feedback-driven iteration
• Experience in early-stage or high-growth startup environments

Before you apply

• Requires an active US Department of Defense or Intelligence Top Secret (TS) clearance
• Eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) is needed for the SCI portion of the work
• Only US citizens can be hired due to government contract requirements

About the company

Legion builds secure, reliable AI systems that embed intelligence inside complex systems for government and enterprise customers. It was born from a Department of Defense partnership and works with partners such as Palantir, Nvidia, HPE, and Oracle.