The defense industry moves too slowly to adopt new technology. This delay threatens the U.S. and our allies—and costs lives. Usul is building the infrastructure to fix this by connecting the fastest-growing defense companies with the most innovative organizations. We're looking for the most cracked engineers to help us build the future of defense..

TL;DR:We're looking for a product athlete who can design, build, and iterate with defense contractors breathing down your neck. Think Linear's product velocity meets Palantir's user complexity.

About Usul

Usul is redefining how companies and governments interact around the world. Our AI platform matches companies to government contract opportunities they are most likely to win – these companies make critical defense components from seatbelts, to diving tanks, to loitering munitions. We're backed by top defense investors, growing 60% MoM, and serving the fastest-growing defense companies.

The Role

The government puts out a firehose of data every day, outlining what they bought and the technology they want to buy. You will be our Founding Product Engineer for designing and building the user experience that transforms this overwhelming data into actionable opportunities, working directly with defense contractors to understand how they discover, evaluate, and pursue contracts. To thrive in this role, you:

• Design and build intuitive interfaces
• Know how to utilize AI Agents and LLMs effectively
• Have confidence to get roasted by our customers
• Have passion for solving mission-critical national security problems
• Works in-person at our San Francisco office

This is more than a "product" role. This role spans design, engineering, user research and customer success. You're a Navy Seal, not the Navy.

Our Stack

• NextJS & React
• Python (We also like Go!)
• LLMs: Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, and certain open-source models
• Playwright
• VectorDBs
• GCP, AWS