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Seekr

AI-driven reliability scoring of online content

Senior Software Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/17/2026
$160k - $230k+ Annual bonus + Equity + Other incentive compensation
Senior
Bachelor's
Austin, TX, USA+2 moreMore locations: Reston, VA, USA | Menlo Park, CA, USA
HybridFlexible hybrid work environment; offices in Reston and Austin.
Software EngineeringBackend Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience supporting large-scale distributed systems.
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science or a similar field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Expert knowledge of Python.
  • Expert knowledge of Postgres or a similar relational database management system.
  • Expert knowledge of RESTful API design or FastAPI.
  • Expert knowledge of containerization; Docker and Kubernetes are preferred.
  • Expert knowledge of microservices and distributed systems.
  • Expert knowledge of testing and test-driven development.
  • Expert knowledge of Kafka or similar streaming or queueing technology.
  • Proficiency using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor to enhance productivity and code quality.
  • Experience with Scrum, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and Git.
  • Experience using AI technologies and tools, such as large language models and agents, to enhance workflows.
Responsibilities
  • Work closely with engineers to ship high-quality, production-ready features.
  • Provide empathetic leadership and mentorship across the organization.
  • Drive sound technical decision-making and help establish engineering best practices.
  • Collaborate with Product, QA, and business partners to develop creative, practical solutions.
  • Scope and break down abstract ideas into well-defined, actionable engineering work.
Desired Qualifications
  • Docker and Kubernetes experience.

About the company

Seekr provides AI-based tools to rate the reliability of online content and reveal its political bias. It delivers the Seekr Score, a reliability rating, plus a Political Lean Indicator, Direct Quotes, and Filters to help users find high-quality information quickly through a privacy-first mobile browser. The AI is trained by journalists and data scientists to analyze content efficiently. Compared with competitors, Seekr combines a trust score with political bias signals and quote-based search features in a privacy-focused mobile app, serving individuals and organizations that need verified information. Its goal is to help users navigate the web, reduce misinformation, and access trustworthy information more efficiently.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$173M

Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • July 2026 CMMC Level 2 certification unlocks CUI contracts across DoW and intelligence.
  • August 2026 Enabled Intelligence and July 2026 OneValley expand government and SMB distribution.
  • Anderson Merchandisers' 4,000-associate rollout proves Seekr sells beyond defense into retail operations.

What critics are saying

  • Seekr depends on defense procurement; one canceled Army or SNC program hits revenue fast.
  • November 10, 2026 CMMC enforcement exposes any compliance drift and blocks new DoW deals.
  • Palantir and Anduril bundle decision software with platforms, squeezing Seekr into subcontractor status.

What makes Seekr unique

  • SeekrFlow pairs explainable AI with audit trails for classified, regulated deployments.
  • June 2026 SNC integration pushes Seekr into mission systems at the tactical edge.
  • CMMC Level 2 with a perfect score distinguishes Seekr for DoW CUI work.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Remote Work Options
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Employee Equity Program
  • Company Bonus Plan

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-6%

1 year growth

-5%

2 year growth

-7%
PR Newswire
Oct 15th, 2026
Seekr opens first European office in London as UK demand for sovereign AI grows

Seekr, a provider of explainable and sovereign AI, has opened its first European office in Mayfair, London, on October 15, 2026. It says UK and European organisations increasingly want AI they can govern, audit, and run under their own laws. The office builds on Seekr's existing UK customer base and a growing pipeline across defence, FTSE-listed companies, and regulated industries. A team of forward-deployed engineers will work inside customers' secure environments. Naief Al-Shibli, formerly of Palantir, joins as vice president and UK general manager to lead sales. David Church, who has more than 40 years in European investment banking, will serve as managing director of UK operations. "The UK is a critical AI market," said Rob Clark, president of Seekr.

PR Newswire
Sep 9th, 2026
Seekr and SEMPRE partner to deliver sovereign AI across US national network

Seekr and SEMPRE have partnered to deliver sovereign edge AI across SEMPRE's national network in the United States. Under the agreement, Seekr's AI will run locally on SEMPRE Total Infrastructure Devices, keeping data within operators' control without crossing the public internet. The partnership aims to harden US critical infrastructure against cyberattacks and grid disruptions. SEMPRE's devices combine connectivity, compute and cybersecurity in one system, allowing independent operation or connection as part of a decentralised network. The collaboration will enable customers to deploy sovereign AI directly into operational environments using domain-specific models and AI agents. This allows continued AI operations during connectivity disruptions whilst maintaining control over mission data. Seekr specialises in explainable AI for critical decisions, whilst SEMPRE provides hardened digital infrastructure for secure edge operations.

Enabled Intelligence
Aug 28th, 2026
Enabled Intelligence selects seekr for NGA and other defense and Intelligence programs.

Enabled Intelligence selects seekr for NGA and other defense and Intelligence programs. Partnership adds Seekr to ongoing and new U.S. government programs across Enabled Intelligence's national security programs, including the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), pairing precision data labeling with Seekr's Agentic AI platform. FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Enabled Intelligence (EI), the leader in high-precision AI data labeling, and Seekr, the leader in explainable, defensible AI, today announced a partnership to bring greater speed and efficiency to data labeling and AI model development for government customers. Seekr will join EI as a subcontractor on established national security programs, supporting geospatial AI and machine learning capabilities across the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. Building on EI's industry-leading 95% labeling accuracy, Seekr will develop and deploy purpose-built AI agents that make the data labeling and quality-assurance process faster and more efficient, maintaining the accuracy standards government customers demand. This combined offering allows government customers to achieve accurate, explainable AI outputs while reducing extra data and compute costs to prepare mission-ready data. "In mission critical work, efficiency equals speed," said Peter Kant, Founder and CEO of Enabled Intelligence. "Bringing Seekr onto work with our U.S. government customers lets us increase efficiency while providing the high levels of accuracy our customers have come to expect." "In national security missions, accuracy, speed and efficiency are paramount to the mission," said Rob Clark, President of Seekr. "Combining EI's high-precision data with Seekr's agents enable high levels of automation across annotation and model building, maintaining high accuracy while driving cost and turnaround times down. Government customers not only get accurate, mission-ready data faster, they get AI that can explain, audit, and defend every decision." See full article here. ABOUT ENABLED INTELLIGENCE Enabled Intelligence specializes in full cycle AI development including data acquisition and conditioning, labeling and annotation, and the engineering and deployment of high-performance custom models for military, government and those in the health care, financial services, and energy industries. Enabled Intelligence's open architecture software platform - EnkI - supports real time data ingestion and AI data quality management, which ensure that quality data is leveraged into quality AI insights. ABOUT SEEKR Seekr is the leader in explainable, defensible AI built for critical decisions in environments that demand accuracy and accountability. Seekr's technology and products help enterprises and government agencies deploy domain-specific large language models (LLMs), vision language models (VLMs) that understand the physical world, and AI agents trained on their own data - across any infrastructure, including sovereign deployments. Backed by robust verification and validation tools that surface the provenance and intent behind every model decision, Seekr delivers AI that organizations can audit and defend across all modalities. Learn more at seekr.com. Enabled Intelligence Team August 28, 2026

PR Newswire
Jul 28th, 2026
Seekr and OneValley Partner to Empower Startups and SMBs with Explainable, Defensible AI.

Seekr and OneValley Partner to Empower Startups and SMBs with Explainable, Defensible AI. Jul 28, 2026, 09:00 ET Same scrutiny as the Fortune 500. Same regulators. Same standards. A fraction of the budget. A fraction of the team. Now, the same AI. RESTON, Va., July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Seekr, the leader in explainable, defensible AI, today announced a strategic partnership with a global innovation platform supporting 10,000+ founders, startups, and small businesses. Under the agreement, OneValley will serve as a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) and managed services partner for Seekr's AI platform, making enterprise-grade AI accessible to the companies that need it most and can least afford to get it wrong. We are entering a time when only explainable and trusted AI will be given access to critical systems, data and operations. Current regulations like the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) disclosure requirements look exactly the same for a publicly disclosed 20-person fintech as it does to a Fortune 500 bank - both must answer to the same regulators. And what meets requirements today, might not tomorrow as they try to keep pace with the latest threats shaped by AI innovations, shifting state AI mandates, ongoing federal preemption debates, and changing sector guidance. The reality is, most 20-person companies do not have the dedicated legal resources to track these changes. While large enterprises can dedicate fully staffed engineering teams and sizable compliance budgets to AI deployment, startups and small businesses usually can't. This puts smaller-sized businesses in the worst position - forcing them to choose between the risk of opaque, off-the-shelf models, the cost of building their own, or the tools needed to ensure safe AI deployment. Seekr and OneValley's partnership removes those barriers and equals the playing field for all companies looking to deploy trusted AI, no matter the size. By combining Seekr's explainable AI platform - including a no-code environment with a library of pre-built, industry-tailored AI solutions - with OneValley's global distribution and implementation capabilities, the two companies are giving startups and SMBs AI that is: * Explainable and defensible by design: Every output - and every autonomous action made through an AI agent on the company's behalf - can be traced from data to decision, with the explanations needed to meet the requirements of regulators, auditors, and customers. * Deployable and easily integrated into any and every environment: Seekr's Cloud, the customer's cloud, on-prem, or at the edge. * Valuable immediately: Pre-built solutions and managed onboarding compress months of build-and-integration work into weeks. * Economically sustainable: Qualified startup pricing and discounted credits help keep AI costs in check from day one, allowing founders to focus on building rather than constantly optimizing token usage - a growing obsession some call "tokenmaxxing." OneValley brings the implementation layer: onboarding, integration, training, and ongoing support delivered through its network of accelerators, incubators, founder communities, innovation centers, and small business networks. Startups and SMBs can adopt explainable, cost-effective AI without building an AI stack from scratch. The partnership is designed to support companies dealing with highly sensitive data, such as financial services, government, supply chain, and other highly regulated industries, with plans to expand in the future. This first set of sectors faces the highest costs and consequences from unexplainable AI decisions. And as these companies move from utilizing AI as just an assistant to autonomous AI that takes action - approving, filing, and transacting - that cost only climbs along with the risk of tokenmaxxing or breakaway AI spending. "A 20-person fintech selling into a Fortune 500 bank inherits that bank's compliance requirements, including everything from vendor risk reviews to model documentation, and even audit rights," said Nikhil Sinha, CEO of OneValley. "But, they lack the resources to sufficiently and consistently meet those standards. Partnering with OneValley and Seekr creates equitable access to defensible, explainable AI directly into founders' hands, no matter their size, ensuring the next generation of regulated-industry companies can compete without compromising on the standards their customers demand." "Explainability isn't a feature we bolted on to win enterprise and government contracts. It's the architecture Seekr was built on, and it's what makes AI defensible in any environment where the cost of being wrong is real," said Rob Clark, President of Seekr. "Through OneValley, that architecture is now in reach for the founders and operators who'll define the next wave of critical industries. The rules they have to follow are the same ones the Fortune 500 follows. The AI we're giving them is built for it." About Seekr Seekr is the leader in explainable, defensible AI built for critical decisions in environments that demand accuracy and accountability. Seekr's technology and products help enterprises and government agencies deploy domain-specific large language models (LLMs), vision language models (VLMs) that understand the physical world, and AI agents trained on their own data - across any infrastructure, including sovereign deployments. Backed by robust verification and validation tools that surface the provenance and intent behind every model decision, Seekr delivers AI that organizations can audit and defend across all modalities. Learn more at seekr.com. Media Contact: About OneValley OneValley is a global innovation platform connecting entrepreneur communities, startups, and investors. Through its flagship platform, Passport, OneValley engages members worldwide with access to programs, perks, and ecosystem partners. By working across these networks, OneValley enables organizations to reach and connect with relevant startups, scaleups, and investors, and introduces vetted solutions aligned to their needs. Media Contact: SOURCE Seekr Technologies

PR Newswire
Jul 21st, 2026
Anderson Merchandisers deploys Seekr AI across 4,000+ associates to tackle $1.73T US retail inventory gap

Anderson Merchandisers, the leading US in-store retail services provider, has selected Seekr as its enterprise AI partner. The partnership will deploy Seekr's explainable AI and Vision Language Models to Anderson's 4,000-plus associates working across US retail locations. The technology aims to transform store visits into real-time intelligence sources for consumer packaged goods brands. Associates will use AI to identify and correct merchandising issues immediately, with every visit becoming an auditable record. Out-of-stocks cost the global retail industry approximately $1.2 trillion annually. Research shows 72% of out-of-stocks stem from in-store ordering and replenishment practices rather than supply chain failures. The AI-powered system will help associates spot planogram deviations and hidden out-of-stocks, enabling immediate corrective action. Anderson expects significant improvements in merchandise quality resolution across more than 40,000 retail locations it serves.