Staff Engineer (Defense)
Lead complex technical challenges in the Defense unit, architecting solutions and mentoring engineers.
Posted by employer 3 years ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
40% coding
AI in the day-to-day
Proficient in leveraging modern LLM tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality.
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Engineer within the Defense unit at Air Space Intelligence, the individual will tackle complex technical challenges, architect innovative solutions, and mentor junior engineers. Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Rust, and JavaScript, along with experience in AWS and modern development tools, is essential. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong leadership background and the ability to adapt to evolving priorities. The company is at the forefront of critical infrastructure technology, emphasizing operational decision-making in high-stakes environments.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Air Space Intelligence's career page.
- Air Space Intelligence has 28 other open roles including Technical Lead (Defense), Frontend Engineer (Defense), Cloud Platform Engineer (Defense).
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Quick facts
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Docker, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Python, Rust.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Air Space Intelligence targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Engineer (Defense) role at Air Space Intelligence.
From the original posting
About Air Space Intelligence
ASI's mission-critical technology powers decision-making across aviation, defense, energy, and other critical infrastructure domains. Backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, and Renegade Partners, ASI delivers operational decision superiority—compressing days of analysis into seconds of action. ASI is leading the way and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
What You Will Do:
As a staff engineer, you will lead the most complex and high impact technical challenges in our Defense unit. You will architect new solutions and mentor other software engineers. You will define what engineering excellence looks like.
What We Value:
Strong software development skills, specifically in Python, Rust, JavaScript, Typescript.
Experience w/ building infrastructure in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform.
Proficient in leveraging modern LLM tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality.
Experience working with time-series and geospatial data.
Talent and experience to lead.
Ability to travel.
Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance is required.
Flexibility to adjust to changing business priorities.
How We Hire:
We look at the interview process not as a screening or test, but rather as an opportunity to simulate what it would look like working together. We build the interview process around you
ASI works with export controlled technology and restricted U.S. Government data, including on contracts mandating U.S. immigration status and location restrictions for performing personnel. Employment offers are contingent on ability to timely obtain all required authorizations for contemplated job duties.