Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Security Platform (Defense Tech)

Remote (US)Full-Time$150,000 – $215,000 / Annual+ Equity

Senior+ full-stack role owning the authentication, authorization and identity platform across the company's products.
AEP Hawaii is hiring on behalf of a profitable, venture-backed defense tech unicorn building agentic AI for national security and the Indo-Pacific mission.
This is a NON-CLEARED role. No active security clearance is required to apply or to start.
We are specifically looking for commercial software engineers from 0-to-1 startups (Seed through Series D). Prior defense or government experience is NOT required.

High-impact chance to shape how the company does identity and permissions, from frontend admin UX to backend authorization engines.
Bring commercial, startup-speed engineering into defense: small agile team, high ownership, and products used by real operators on the front lines.
Fast-growing, profitable company (roughly $3M to $80M ARR in three years) with a product-first, user-empathy engineering culture.

Build and scale the centralized authentication and authorization platform, including tenant isolation across customer environments.
Own the self-service platform for user, group and permission management, partnering with Design.
Build tooling and visualizations that help users understand and validate access permissions.
Evolve platform management interfaces, including the feature flag system.
Shape the long-term roadmap for the Security Platform team.

7+ years of software engineering, designing and operating scalable backend systems and shipping full-stack features.
Strong backend skills (e.g. Python, Java), PostgreSQL, distributed systems and API design.
Comfortable owning frontend work (React/TypeScript/Node.js) with a focus on polished, customer-facing experiences.
Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, design, security and infrastructure.
Preferred: RBAC/ABAC, SSO, Keycloak, OpenFGA or similar auth systems; user-facing product experience.
Non-cleared: no clearance needed. Commercial startup background (Seed to Series D) strongly preferred over defense-only backgrounds.

Compensation: $150,000 – $215,000 + equity.
Full-time, direct hire with the client. Remote (US).
Non-cleared: no active clearance required. U.S. Person status required (access to U.S.-only data systems).
Optional travel to meet users and mission teams.
Benefits include health/dental/vision, unlimited PTO, 401(k) match, WeWork access, wellbeing stipends, and fully paid parental leave.
Equal opportunity employer.