Sr. Full-Stack Engineer

About the role

Culmen International is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to support secure, mission-ready software development for USPACOM J32 targeting and mission-planning workflows. The position requires being located in the NCR and able to commute onsite to the Mark Center. The engineer will design, develop, integrate, and field secure software applications that support targeting and mission-planning operations, build user-facing and backend services, develop system integrations, implement auditability and security controls, collaborate directly with operators and subject matter experts to translate complex operational processes into intuitive, mission-focused software solutions, and apply full software development lifecycle expertise in classified environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and field secure software applications that support targeting and mission-planning operations.
• Build user-facing and backend services.
• Develop system integrations.
• Implement auditability and security controls.
• Collaborate directly with operators and subject matter experts to translate complex operational processes into intuitive, mission-focused software solutions.
• Design, build, and field secure, mission-ready software supporting USPACOM J32 joint targeting and fires-planning workflows.
• Develop operator-facing applications for Target-Effect Pairing (TEP), including ranked recommendations, alternative pairings, constraint-driven tradeoffs, and explanations.
• Build backend services for workflow orchestration, recommendation processing, review and adjudication, approval routing, deconfliction, and draft force-assignment support.
• Translate Joint Fires and Targeting SME input into intuitive workflows supporting Phase 3 Capabilities Analysis and Phase 4 Commander’s Decision and Force Assignment.
• Implement human-machine teaming controls that allow authorized users to accept, reject, modify, and route recommendations while preserving human authority over inherently governmental decisions.
• Create traceable and auditable software that records source data, model or ruleset versions, recommendation history, user actions, timestamps, and approval rationale.
• Integrate with Government-designated systems—including Maven Smart System (MSS), object-management systems, simulation services, and command-and-control interfaces—through secure APIs