Full Stack Engineer

Full-time
On-site
$180,000-240,000/yr
San Francisco, CA
No visa sponsorship

Benefits

Equity / Stock Options
Other

Job description

About this role

We're looking for Full Stack Engineers with 2-8 years of experience in full stack engineering who has hands-on experience building AI agents and utilizing LLMs effectively. You should be comfortable presenting to government operators and traveling to customer sites at military bases (1-2 weeks/month max), with a track record of shipping intuitive, production-grade products. Bonus points if you hold a Secret/Top Secret clearance or have worked on government projects before.

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship the data workflows and tools that government operators use daily to acquire technology at the speed of relevance

  • Develop and iterate on our commercial AI platform used by the world's largest defense contractors (RTX, BAE Systems, Palantir) to win government contracts

  • Design and implement intuitive UIs with React & Next.js that make complex government procurement processes simple

  • Build AI agents and LLM-powered features for opportunity identification, competitive intelligence, and pipeline management

  • Travel to customer sites at military bases to present solutions, gather feedback, and deploy features directly with end users

  • Work closely with the CTO and CPO to shape product direction and solve mission-critical national security problems across 30+ NATO nations

Requirements

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Dealbreaker Work experience

  • Shipped full stack web applications end-​to-​end with real users.​

Education

  • BS in CS from a top 30 CS program or equivalent practical experience.​

Hard skills

Proficiency in React,​ Next.​js,​ Python.​

  • Experience building AI agents and integrating LLM APIs.​

Soft skills

  • High energy + genuine excitement about our mission — should be able to feel their energy in the first 30 seconds of call.​

Miscellaneous

  • Based in or willing to relocate to SF and work in-​person 5 days/week.​
  • Willing to travel to military bases 1-​2 weeks/month
  • US citizen or permanent resident (no visa sponsorship).​

BaselineSeniority

  • 2 -​ 8 years of experience as a full-​stack engineer (70/30 back-​end leaning).​

Work experience

  • Experience at high-​growth startups (seed–Series B) or top-​tier tech with provable full stack ownership.​

Hard skills

  • Can design and build intuitive,​ polished UIs

Soft skills

  • Hungry,​ scrappy,​ strong communicator.​

Nice-to-have Work experience

  • Interest in defense,​ government,​ or national security

Hard skills

  • Experience with data pipelines or web scraping at scale

Must be a US Citizen due to nature of defense/government work, therefore no sponsorships are available at this time for this role.

More information

Minimum education level

Bachelor's

Experience level

Senior (5-7 years)

Job skills

JavaScript

Node.js

React

Database Management

RESTful Services

Version Control

HTML/CSS

DevOps Practices

Python (Programming Language)

Next.js

LLM

API

Company overview

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Silpa Companies

IT Services and IT Consulting·1-10 employees

Silpa Companies is the parent of two mission driven brands: Silpa Recruiting (https://silparecruiting.com) and Silpa Consulting (https://silpaconsulting.com). Our purpose is simple but bold; to build stronger businesses by elevating the people and platforms that power them. Through Silpa Recruiting, we connect high performing talent with organizations that value impact, culture, and growth. And with Silpa Consulting, we guide companies through critical moments of transformation; integrating cloud, cybersecurity, and data strategies that scale. We’re not just consultants or recruiters. We’re long term partners in resilience; helping our clients attract the right people, embrace the right technologies, and stay future ready in a world that doesn’t sit still.