Hard Core Software Engineers (U.S. Citizens/LPR Only)

𝗧𝗟;𝗗𝗥: 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀, $𝟭𝟱𝟬𝗸 𝘁𝗼 $𝟮𝟱𝟬𝗸+, 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗩𝗔 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘀. 𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗶𝘁/𝗟𝗣𝗥 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆.

You can also visit our website to see many of our open roles: https://careers.taskforcetalent.com For faster consideration, you can also apply directly here: https://pod4.app.loxo.co/job/Mzg1MzctOHB5MmEyNWw3cXk4ZnpweQ==?disable_addthis=true 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 (𝗟𝗣𝗥/"𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱"). Please 𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 apply if you require visa sponsorship or are outside the U.S.

as we have no ability to sponsor visas. _______________________________________________________________________ For this role (multiple vacancies): 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 (𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟱%) 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟯+, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝟱+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹, 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗩𝗔. This company's management team has multiple prior successful exits and has recently raised a very large funding round.

They are working on a software tool that no one else has built and which requires very strong experience in algorithms, guts of kernels, databases, AI/ML, etc. The founders told us that, "𝗪𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆," and they have a track record of doing this. Salary range is $150k to $250k, depending on the equity mix (above 200k should have 10+ years of solid experience and a strong technical interview.) Great benefits.

More details will be provided to qualified candidates. The engineers we are seeking already know lots of languages and are comfortable with many different technologies/stacks, but here are some examples of what the company is using in different areas: Front-end (Typescript/Javascript/HTML) Back-end & Systems (Rust/Typescript/Linux Kernel/Networking/Distributed Systems) Embedded (C/ C++/x86/VMX/VMM ) (software NOT hardware focused) Build & Infrastructure (Nix/NixOS/Terraform/Lambda) Security (Rust/mTLS /eBPF/PKI/SOC2) With rare exceptions, we are only considering candidates with a computer science degree (undergrad or masters) because, in our experience, this background is needed for success in the technical interviews. We ARE looking for ANY/ALL of: -- Nix!

-- Solving hard technical problems (any flavor) -- Prior experience delivering products -- Experience working/scaling a strong team We are NOT looking for: -- PowerBI/dashboards -- .NET -- Mobile apps -- Recent college graduates -- Non-US citizens/LPRs (NO visa sponsorship) 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮. _______________________________________________________________________ About us: Task Force Talent is a specialized recruiting firm for science, engineering, and security careers. Our clients include seed to Series C startups working on AI, cybersecurity, and various novel software and hardware technologies.

We also work with small to medium size government contractors, and we help leading venture capital firms find talent for their portfolio companies. Most of our jobs are in VA, DC, and MD; however we also have some positions in Salt Lake City, UT. We should be adding positions in New York, Boston, and the Pacific Northwest (Seattle/Portland) in the near future.

All of our positions are highly competitive -- our clients are generally looking for the top 5% of technical candidates. You can see what clients and candidates say about us here: https://www.taskforcetalent.com/testimonials/