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Tagup is a defense technology company founded at MIT that is delivering logistics decision advantage with next-generation AI.

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Tagup is a defense technology company founded at MIT that is delivering logistics decision advantage with next-generation AI. We’re growing rapidly and are looking for change-makers passionate about delivering innovative technologies to solve the most challenging problems in the world’s highest stakes environments. This is an exciting opportunity to engage in meaningful work that strengthens national security and contributes to the success of U.S. and allied forces. Join us in shaping the future of defense logistics for a safer tomorrow.

Forward Deployed Engineers work inside customer programs rather than at a distance from them. You’ll integrate our platform with government data and systems under real constraints, onboard messy real-world data, build the workflows a program runs on, and support deployments in customer environments, including on-site when a program needs it.

The work reaches users quickly. What you ship often gets into the hands of the people making readiness decisions within weeks, and what you learn in the field feeds back into the product.

  • Integrate our platform with government data and systems under real constraints, and onboard the imperfect data programs actually run on

  • Configure the product against program requirements and support releases, including in government cloud environments

  • Build custom workflows that drive adoption, usage, and engagement with key customers

  • Triage and resolve customer-reported issues in their environments rather than passing them along

  • Own a component or program workstream end to end, returning working systems from a requirements document rather than closed tickets

  • Spend time on-site with customers, become their technical counterpart, and bring what you learn back to the product team

  • Write, test, and review code to a standard the rest of the team can build on

  • 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated ability

  • Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, with SQL and data-heavy work: ETL, integration, and wrangling imperfect real-world data

  • Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and comfort working directly with customers

  • Bias toward ownership: handed a requirements document, you return a working system

  • Willingness to travel to customer sites (military installations across the U.S.)

  • U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a U.S. government security clearance

  • Military service or experience supporting defense programs. Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply

  • Familiarity with service supply, maintenance, and readiness data systems

  • Experience deploying software in government cloud or other constrained or air-gapped environments

  • An active security clearance

  • You don’t need to check every box. If the mission and the work resonate, we'd love to hear from you!

  • Customer decisions that used to run on spreadsheets and tribal knowledge are running on data you helped instrument.
  • The product team is shipping features that came directly from patterns you spotted on the ground.
  • Manual reporting that used to eat days of analyst time is automated and trusted.
  • When senior leadership at a customer command wants to know how their logistics operation is really performing, the answer comes from a system you helped build.
  • The estimated salary range for this position is between $120,000  and $150,000 annually. We strive to provide a competitive salary and benefits package that aligns with our employees’ experience and qualifications. Our primary objective is to attract and retain top talent, and we firmly believe in compensating our employees fairly for their invaluable contributions.

    As a rapidly expanding technology company, we extend part-ownership to all team members through an Employee Stock Option Plan. Additionally, we offer comprehensive health insurance benefits, access to the company’s 401K plan, and foster a team-oriented work environment with regular company outings!

     

    What We Offer

    ~1 min read
    The mission is real. Our software runs in front of people whose job is to keep the fleet moving — the consequences of getting it right are tangible.
    Small team, high leverage. You'll have visibility from the engineering trenches to the executive team, and your work will compound.
    Hard problems worth solving. Reinforcement learning applied to logistics at the scale of a military service is genuinely novel work.
    Competitive comp, meaningful equity, and the kind of professional growth that comes from being trusted with big things early.

    Location & Eligibility

    Where is the job
    United States
    Hybrid within the country
    Who can apply
    US

    Listing Details

    Posted
    September 15, 2026
    First seen
    September 17, 2026
    Last seen
    September 17, 2026

    Posting Health

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    Trust Level
    70%
    Scored at
    September 17, 2026

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    Employees
    30
    Founded
    2017
    Domain
    tagup.io
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