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Worldscape Technology

AI-powered geospatial data fabric for simulations

Engineering Development Lead - Full Stack

Full-Time
$160k - $200k/yr+ Equity
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Redmond, WA, USA
In Person
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

About the job

Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
  • 15+ years of experience in delivering technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain (e.g., Distributed Systems)
  • Experience with shipping distributed cloud experiences across large scale software solutions
  • 5+ years managing multiple projects or portfolio teams
  • 3+ years of experience working in agile, fast-paced environments, navigating ambiguity, and facilitating impactful outcomes
  • Hands-on experience developing full-stack solutions (C#, Java, Typescript, React, Next.js, Typescript, Node.js)
Responsibilities
  • Lead design and development of scalable and high-performance systems
  • Lead and document solution architecture, ensuring clear communication of value propositions and technical approach
  • Own delivery of team deliverables through sprint planning and managing complex, ambiguous scenarios with innovative solutions
  • Provides technical leadership during code reviews for a solution/product area to ensure it meets the team's and Worldscape’s quality standards
  • Lead mentor and grow a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning
  • Grow and develop a team of engineers, sharing best practices, resolving blockers, and making Worldscape the best place to work
  • Innovate and optimize features for performance and reliability
  • Ensure seamless collaboration between internal and external teams
  • Contribute to the long-term vision and roadmap for the product and features
  • Triage, mitigate, and semantically resolve customer issues as well as instantiate a strong on-call culture
  • Drive a DevOps culture of supporting our customers, ownership of the platform and accountability to the service up time and health metrics
  • Hands-on technical lead, spending at least 50% of time actively coding and contributing to development
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in full stack development, from portal to all layers of the offerings
  • Master’s degree in computer science or related technical field
  • Experience with nsjail, Firecracker and MS Orleans preferred
  • Experience with vector databases, semantic search, and prompt engineering
  • Knowledge of reinforcement learning, planning algorithms, or multi-agent coordination
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse teams
  • Experience in hiring full stack engineers, mentoring, setting up team culture, and collaboration

About the company

Worldscape Technology delivers AI-powered geospatial intelligence software through its Worldscape.ai platform, an AI-native data fabric that unifies distributed data (ISR, satellite imagery, vessel tracking) without central data migration. It uses a detailed 3D world model built on a game engine to fuse data and provide a real-time operating picture for custom applications and AI simulations. The product targets both defense/government and enterprise customers, supporting ISR workflows, mission planning, digital twins, infrastructure planning, and supply-chain optimization. The goal is to scale the platform for modeling and simulation, expand defense and enterprise reach, and deepen partnerships with government agencies and enterprise clients.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$16M

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • August 2026 raised $10 million led by Scout Ventures, extending March seed funding.
  • July 2026 leased 14,975 square feet in Redmond, signaling headcount expansion.
  • Hiring across game engine, data pipeline, and UX roles supports commercialization speed.

What critics are saying

  • August 2026 growth from 10 to nearly 70 engineers strains execution quality.
  • Defense and telecom concentration creates renewal risk if Space Force stalls.
  • Palantir and Esri can bundle geospatial workflows faster than Worldscape can scale.

What makes Worldscape Technology unique

  • Worldscape.ai unifies ISR, satellite, and vessel data without central migration.
  • August 2026 platform adds autonomous AI agents and mission simulation.
  • Redmond heritage from Microsoft and AWS strengthens enterprise-grade cloud execution.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Life Insurance
  • Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

17%

1 year growth

14%

2 year growth

14%
FinSMEs
Aug 17th, 2026
Worldscape.ai raises $10M in Seed extension funding.

Worldscape.ai raises $10M in Seed extension funding. August 17, 2026 Worldscape.ai, a Seattle, WA-based developer of AI-powered geospatial intelligence software for defense, government, and enterprise applications, raised $10M in Seed extension funding. The round was led by Scout Ventures, with participation from Radius Capital. The company intends to use the funds to expand engineering and go-to-market teams, advance self-service onboarding and marketplace capabilities, and deepen partnerships across the Department of Defense, allied governments, enterprise customers, and hyperscale cloud providers. Worldscape.ai allows users to connect disparate data sources in a common languag and then deploy custom applications and agentic AI simulations within a unified environment. The platform supports high-tempo defense and intelligence workflows such as ISR, operational planning, and mission rehearsal, while also enabling enterprise use cases including infrastructure planning, supply chain optimization, digital twins, and large-scale spatial analytics. Don't just read the news. Own the data. Stop manually tracking deals. Access this round and over 100 others this week - in our structured Master Database (XML) + Weekly Intelligence PDF. [Access FinSMEs Intelligence Hub] 17/08/2026

PR Newswire
Aug 5th, 2026
Worldscape raises $10M seed extension to scale AI-native mission engineering platform

Worldscape has raised $10 million in a seed extension round led by Scout Ventures, with participation from Radius Capital. The Redmond, Washington-based company has grown from 10 to nearly 70 engineers over the past year. The funding will support expansion of Worldscape's engineering and AI research teams. The company will continue developing autonomous AI agents, large-scale simulation capabilities, and its platform marketplace. Worldscape's AI-native Decision Advantage Platform combines artificial intelligence, simulation, digital engineering, and distributed data. The platform enables organisations to model, evaluate, and optimise complex missions through collaboration between humans and intelligent agents. The company currently supports multiple initiatives from the Department of War and the Department of Energy. Its modular licensing model allows customers to start with immediate requirements and expand capabilities across various security levels.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 3rd, 2026
Worldscape.ai Raises Seed Funding to Accelerate AI-Native Geospatial Intelligence for Defense and Enterprise

Worldscape.ai, a developer of AI-powered geospatial intelligence software for defense, government, and enterprise applications, today announced the completion of its seed funding round. The round was led by Scout Ventures, with participation from Radius and Washington Harbour Partners.

Tectonic
Mar 3rd, 2026
Worldscape.ai raises $6M to fuse geospatial intelligence into real-time 3D platform

Worldscape.ai, a geospatial intelligence startup founded in 2023, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Scout Ventures, with participation from Radius and Washington Harbour Partners. The Washington state-based company has developed a platform that unifies distributed data into real-time intelligence, combining sources from satellite imagery to vessel tracking in a single interface. Built using 3D physics and a video game engine, the platform creates a digital model of the known universe where AI agents analyse inputted data for defence and intelligence workflows, including mission planning and ISR operations. The system works both on cloud and at edge locations. Worldscape already has traction with the Space Force and enterprise telecoms customers. The funding will expand engineering and go-to-market teams whilst deepening partnerships across defence and commercial sectors.