Senior Backend Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Havoc AI

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Havoc AI (operating under havocai.com, legally HavocAI, Inc.) is the premier, enterprise-grade all-domain collaborative autonomy platform, defense technology pioneer, and automated uncrewed systems orchestration powerhouse engineered to act as the definitive, high-velocity command-and-control (C2), edge intelligence, and distributed fleet coordination layer for modern military operations, contested logistics networks, and maritime security ecosystems globally. Founded by former military veterans and defense tech visionaries including Paul Lwin (a former U.S. Naval Flight Officer and aerospace engineer) alongside Timothy Rhatigan and Andrew Gregg, the company completely eliminates the severe systemic friction of modern autonomous operations—where defense systems rely on isolated, single-asset control paradigms, suffer from low-signal communications over degraded networks, and require extensive manpower to supervise minimal uncrewed arrays—by deploying a sophisticated, multi-domain software operating matrix. Moving far beyond traditional, passive remote-control frameworks or isolated hardware drones, Havoc natively unifies a centralized "one-to-many" control layer (Havoc C2), an advanced edge intelligence optimization system (Havoc Insights), an interactive peer-to-peer data synchronization network (Havoc Connect) that holds operational stability across denied and communications-degraded (DDIL) environments, and a production-hardened edge operating system (Havoc OS) into a single high-availability all-domain intelligence workspace. Validated through more than 25,000 hours of autonomous real-world deployments and commanding over 100 fielded autonomous surface vessels (USVs) supporting critical U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) missions, the platform empowers a single warfighter to supervise thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets across land, sea, and air simultaneously. Rapidly consolidating its all-domain vision, the high-growth enterprise has expanded its operational footprint through the strategic technical acquisitions of Mavrik and Teleo to cleanly bridge the gap between low-level edge hardware automation and high-level mission intent. Valued as an elite rising star in the defense technology landscape with a post-money valuation scaling past $900 million, the corporation has raised over $200 million in total institutional financing—anchored by a monumental $100 million Series A funding matrix in May 2026 led by prominent asset managers including Boardman Bay Capital Management and Cobalt Capital, alongside significant heavy-tier backing from In-Q-Tel, B Capital, Scout Ventures, Outlander VC, SAIC, and defense titan Lockheed Martin. Under the hood, its technology core utilizes sophisticated sensor-fusion and tracking frameworks, distributed peer-to-peer tactical mesh protocols, and strict "human-on-the-loop" gating boundaries designed to maximize wide-area situational awareness and execution velocity without sacrificing operational safety or mission control. What sets Havoc AI apart is its uncompromising dedication to replacing fragile, siloed uncrewed vehicles with absolute real-world collaborative coordination predictability, hardware-agnostic software flexibility, and hardened battlefield resilience; by combining tactical edge computing with enterprise-tier data integration, the company remains a definitive cornerstone of modern algorithmic defense architecture and global military systems transformation.