TribalScale
Forward Deployed Full Stack Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Remote USA · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional full-stack development.
- Visa sponsorship
- US citizenship is required. The employer cannot sponsor a new clearance.
About the job
Embeds with a government-facing client to understand user needs and build, deploy, and support full-stack software and AI features in secure environments.
What you'll do
- Work with client users and technical teams to turn ambiguous needs into production software, from initial discussion through deployment.
- Build and deploy full-stack features, including LLM-powered features and agentic workflows, in secure or constrained environments.
- Support security reviews and authorization requirements, and share field insights with TribalScale teams.
What they ask for
- Active US Secret clearance or higher, ability to maintain it, and US citizenship; the employer cannot sponsor a new clearance.
- 5+ years of professional full-stack development experience shipping production software.
- Strong TypeScript front-end skills and back-end experience with Python, Node.js, Java, or Go, including REST and/or GraphQL API design.
- Relational database experience; Docker; CI/CD; and cloud experience on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Nice to have
- Kubernetes or OpenShift; government cloud regions; or experience in air-gapped environments.
- Forward-deployed or field engineering experience, security frameworks or certifications, LLM development experience, or an active TS or TS/SCI clearance.
Tools
TypeScript, React, Python, Node.js, Java, Go, PostgreSQL, Docker
AI focus
Build LLM-powered features and agentic workflows for secure environments; deliver AI-enabled products and improve their evaluation, observability, reliability, and safeguards.
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