Forward Deployment Engineers
Domestic US Jurisdiction//100% US CITIZEN & PERMANENT RESIDENT ROSTER//ITAR & FAR/DFARS COMPLIANT
TIMEZONE COUPLING:EST / CST / MST / PST|48H DISPATCH SLA
Domestic Forward Deployed Engineering Corps//42 Vetted US Pods

Hire Forward Deployed Engineers in the USA.
On-Site or Remote in 48 Hours.

Palantir-grade, battle-tested American Forward Deployed Engineers embedded directly into enterprise and government product teams. 100% US citizens, SCIF & cleared ready, eliminating offshore handover friction and midnight communication latency.

Direct Dispatch EngineLIVE QUEUE: ACTIVE
View Active US Roster (34 Ready)
Avg dispatch: 41.2hZero Agency Markup
  • 100%US IP & Payroll LawDomestic W-2 alignment with stringent domestic proprietary code protection.
  • ITARDefense & Export CompliantRegistered for dual-use technologies, missile telemetry, and defense software stacks.
  • DoD / ICActive ClearancesSecret, Top Secret, and TS-SCI adjudicated engineers deployable straight to SCIFs.
  • 0 msZero Relay VulnerabilityNo cross-border VPN taps, foreign subcontractor exposure, or off-hour handovers.
Domestic Dispatch Geography

Distributed Across Key US Innovation & Defense Corridors

Engineers positioned within immediate radius of primary defense commands, financial exchanges, and hyperscaler campuses. Available for local hybrid flight dispatches or immediate on-prem integration.

TOTAL US CORPS: 42EST / CST / MST / PST
Coast-to-Coast Response ArraySub-48h Guaranteed On-Site MobilizationEngineers hold pre-cleared access passes and airline fast-dispatch protocols for critical incidents, Pentagon corridor sessions, and Bay Area war-rooms.
PST // CA14 Ready

Silicon Valley & SF Bay Area

Agentic LLM deployments, CUDA kernel tuning, custom model distillation, and high-velocity autonomous vehicle stacks.

  • CUDA
  • Triton
  • PyTorch
  • vLLM
Same-day Bay Area on-site
EST // VA & DC9 Cleared Ready

Washington D.C. & NoVA Corridor

Defense tech integration, air-gapped GovCloud, FedRAMP High architecture, and cleared TS/SCI tactical edge computing.

  • SCIF Cleared
  • FedRAMP
  • Air-Gap
  • IL5/IL6
Sub-24h SCIF physical access
EST // NY8 Ready

New York City (Silicon Alley)

Ultra-low latency execution engines, real-time market data pipelines, Rust/C++ financial fabrics, and FINRA audit compliance.

  • Rust
  • C++20
  • Kafka
  • FIX Protocol
Wall St / Midtown on-site dispatch
CST // TX6 Ready

Austin & Dallas (Silicon Hills)

Distributed backend systems, semiconductor CAD & simulation tooling, massive multi-tenant cloud cost down-scaling, and enterprise data mesh.

  • Golang
  • Distributed Raft
  • PostgreSQL
  • ClickHouse
PST // WA5 Ready

Seattle & Pacific Northwest

Hyperscale cloud orchestration, kernel eBPF observation meshes, object store layers (Apache Iceberg, S3 multi-region replication), and multi-cloud reliability.

  • Kubernetes
  • eBPF
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Terraform
Federal & Enterprise Tiers

US Security Clearance & Regulatory Matrix

Match your risk profile with verified legal and governmental vetting standards. Zero offshore contractors, zero ambiguous sub-tier staffing layers.

  • TIER 0124 - 48H SLA

    Commercial Enterprise

    Ideal for high-growth tech companies, private equity platforms, and regulated SaaS scaling without defense requirements.

    • 100% US Citizen / Green Card Holder
    • Full Federal & State Background Verification
    • Direct W-2 Vector Employment Guarantee
    • Enterprise Custom IP Assignment Attached
    Immediate Commercial Dispatch
  • TIER 02 // DEFENSE READY48H SLA

    Secret / Public Trust

    Engineered for GovCloud operators, aerospace suppliers, and DoD Tier 2 software modernization contracts.

    • Active DoD Secret Security Clearance
    • ITAR & EAR Certified Code Handling
    • AWS GovCloud / Azure Government Native
    • CMMC 2.0 Level 2 Attestation Compliant
    GovCloud Cleared Roster
  • TIER 03 // SCIF ACTIVE72H SLA

    Top Secret / TS-SCI

    Highest security posture for Intelligence Community, classified weapons telemetry, and air-gapped national defense nodes.

    • Adjudicated TS-SCI w/ Counter-Intel Poly
    • SCIF Physical Workstation Badge Eligible
    • DoD Impact Level 5 & 6 System Access
    • Zero Foreign National Association Status
    Classified Mission Pod
  • ITAR Registered
  • FAR / DFARS Aligned
  • SOC 2 Type II Certified
  • DoD IL5 & IL6 Capable
  • HIPAA & FINRA Compliant
Tactical Personnel Spotlight

Active US Forward Deployed Principals

Directly from mission environments at Palantir US, Anduril, and Citadel. Engineers deploy as self-sufficient units equipped to write production code on day zero.

Anonymized dossiers // Full verified resumes available upon NDA

  • FDE-092 (Vance K.)

    Principal AI Infrastructure
    🇺🇸
    Background:
    Ex-Palantir US / 9 yrs
    Clearance:
    Active Secret // FedRAMP High
    Base:
    Washington, D.C. (EST)

    Architected foundry ingestion models for aerospace defense logistics. Led multi-tenant air-gapped LLM evaluation clusters on Kubernetes.

    • Rust
    • Palantir Foundry
    • Kubernetes
    • PyTorch

  • FDE-104 (Elena R.)

    Principal Defense Hardware/OS
    🇺🇸
    Background:
    Ex-Anduril Industries / 7 yrs
    Clearance:
    TS/SCI Active (CI Poly)
    Base:
    Silicon Valley, CA (PST)

    Embedded flight software & autonomous sensor fusion. Expert in deterministic RTOS kernels, C++20 concurrency, and edge telemetry encryption.

    • C++20
    • eBPF / Linux Kernel
    • CUDA
    • ROS2

  • FDE-078 (Marcus C.)

    Principal Low-Latency Systems
    🇺🇸
    Background:
    Ex-Citadel Securities US / 11 yrs
    Clearance:
    US Citizen Clean (Fast Clear)
    Base:
    New York City, NY (EST)

    Re-engineered core matching engines with nanosecond latency budgets. Specialized in zero-copy memory ring buffers and distributed ledger backbones.

    • Rust
    • Assembly
    • Lock-Free Queues
    • FINRA Sec
Transparent Domestic Engagement

Straightforward US W-2 / 1099 Rates

Zero stealth recruiter finders fees. Zero placement percentages. All engineers are directly compensated, payroll-taxed in the US, and legally tied to your mission.

  • Tactical Surge

    Sprint Intervention

    $12,500/ engineer / week

    2 to 6 week rapid deployment for emergency architectural pivots, incident remediation, or immediate customer deliverables.

    • Minimum 2-week engagement
    • Immediate 48h mobilization
    • Full access to internal Vector tools
    Book Surge Sprint
  • Core Embedded PodMost Requested

    Dedicated Pod Embed

    $44,000/ pod / month

    Full-time multi-quarter integration directly into your product org. Operates as an organic senior squad with zero management overhead.

    • 1 Principal FDE + 1 Staff Platform Node
    • Direct Slack/Linear/GitHub embed
    • Monthly rollover & flexible rotation
    • Dedicated US Account Technical Lead
    Deploy Dedicated Pod
  • Defense & Prime

    Gov / Defense Retainer

    Custom/ FAR Schedule

    Structured for prime defense contractors, government programs, and SCIF physical installations with custom clearance SLAs.

    • Active Secret & TS/SCI personnel
    • CAGE Code & SAM.gov Registered
    • Firm-Fixed-Price or T&M Subcontracts
    Request Gov / Defense Brief
Official US Dispatch Directory

Initiate US FDE Pod Allocation

Complete the dispatch parameters below. Our US Director of Platform Operations will transmit qualified engineer dossiers within a 2-hour SLA.

1. Primary Technical Workstream
4. Target Mobilization Timeline
Signed mutual NDA generated automatically upon submission.Zero placement fees. Direct engineering contract.