FDMP Co-Founder Profile: Founding Chief Architect
Role Summary
Serve as the founding technical architect and co-builder of FDMP, a dual-use geospatial intelligence SaaS platform. You’ll work hand-in-hand with a mission-driven CEO to turn early product vision into a scalable, secure MVP that supports national security, infrastructure modernization, and commercial energy dominance. This is a ground-floor opportunity with meaningful founding equity.
What Makes This Unique
- Founding-level equity for true co-ownership
- Direct influence on technical architecture, product roadmap, and hiring
- Opportunity to build for federal impact (DOE, FEMA, DoI) and global energy players (BP, NextEra, Shell)
- Greenfield tech: no legacy codebase, you set the foundation
- Backed by strategic partnerships with SkyFi (satellite data) and Terradepth (subsurface intelligence)
Top Responsibilities
- Architect and launch FDMP’s MVP geospatial command platform from zero
- Build secure, scalable infrastructure (cloud-native, FedRAMP-oriented)
- Integrate partner data feeds (SkyFi, Terradepth, AWS, C3.ai)
- Guide API and SaaS product structure for both federal and commercial customers
- Collaborate with product design partners (NextEra, AES, Shell) to tailor vertical stacks
- Prepare technical materials and participate in fundraising meetings
- Shape early technical team hiring plan
Ideal Background
- Technical generalist with deep hands-on skills in:
- Cloud architecture (AWS GovCloud, microservices)
- GIS and geospatial systems (e.g., PostGIS, ArcGIS, CesiumJS, or Deck.gl)
- Real-time data processing (Kafka, Spark, etc.)
- API frameworks (Node.js, FastAPI, GraphQL, etc.)
- Security & compliance (FedRAMP, NIST frameworks)
- Bonus if you’ve built or led early-stage products in:
- Dual-use tech (defense/commercial)
- Remote sensing or geospatial SaaS
- AI/ML pipelines for climate, risk, or infrastructure modeling
- Comfortable moving from solo builder → technical leader
- Entrepreneurial mindset with urgency, autonomy, and curiosity
- Mission-driven (national security, energy independence, climate resilience)
What You’ll Be Walking Into
- Pre-seed company with a clear problem, founding vision, and high-value partnerships
- No internal engineers yet—you’re the founding builder
- MVP scope is being shaped now, alongside product design partners
- CEO is a former Navy SEAL and GovTech operator with deep BD experience
- Seed round is actively in motion; you’ll join key investor meetings