Intelligence Pipeline Engineer

Zignal Labs

Intelligence Pipeline Engineer supporting mission-critical defense operations at Zignal Labs. Designing and optimizing intelligence pipelines for operational data analytics.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeRemote • California, District of Columbia, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $90,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, configure, maintain, and optimize operational intelligence collection pipelines supporting real-time monitoring and alerting workflows
Independently build, curate, tune, and manage structured datasets, collection logic, enrichment workflows, and operational intelligence pipelines
Develop and refine advanced collection strategies using Boolean logic, heuristics, metadata enrichment, tagging frameworks, geospatial filtering, and signal scoring methodologies
Drive continuous improvements in signal quality, workflow efficiency, operational relevance, and data reliability
Deploy, evaluate, monitor, and optimize AI/ML and computer vision models supporting operational intelligence workflows
Develop, test, and refine LLM-driven workflows, prompt frameworks, and AI-assisted alerting systems
Support multimodal intelligence workflows integrating text, image, video, metadata, geospatial, and behavioral signals into actionable operational insights
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Customer Success, and mission stakeholders to operationalize new capabilities and improve workflows
Lead operational troubleshooting, pipeline hardening, workflow optimization, and issue resolution efforts
Identify emerging collection opportunities, platform shifts, operational risks, and regional digital ecosystem changes
Contribute to operational standards, workflow documentation, and best practices for intelligence pipeline engineering
Mentor junior team members supporting operational intelligence workflows
Uphold classification, security, legal, and ethical standards for government-facing operational environments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active TS/SCI clearance preferred or ability to obtain and maintain one
8+ years of experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, defense contractor, or related operational intelligence environments
Experience designing, operating, or optimizing intelligence collection workflows, operational monitoring pipelines, or AI-assisted analytical systems
Strong understanding of OSINT methodologies, operational collection strategies, and intelligence tradecraft
Advanced experience building and refining Boolean logic, heuristic filtering, operational tagging systems, or enrichment workflows
Familiarity with AI/ML concepts including NLP, clustering, anomaly detection, entity extraction, computer vision, or multimodal analysis
Ability to independently manage competing operational priorities in dynamic mission environments
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Experience with Python, SQL, APIs, workflow orchestration, or scripting for operational automation and pipeline management
Experience supporting real-time operational monitoring and mission-critical alerting systems
Familiarity with AI-assisted analytical workflows, prompt engineering, or operational LLM integration
Experience collaborating with engineering or product teams to operationalize new capabilities
Experience mentoring analysts or engineers in operational intelligence environments
Familiarity with foreign social media ecosystems and globally distributed information environments relevant to defense missions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Government Zignal Labs is a technology company that provides an agentic intelligence platform for national security and defense users. Its platform delivers persistent, analyst-directed workflows that collect and enrich multimodal signals at scale, produce structured intelligence outputs and alerts via APIs, and enable earlier warning and sustained decision advantage for protecting people, facilities, and missions across political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure and physical environments. Intelligence Pipeline Engineer 🔥 4 hours ago 🏄 California, District of Columbia, +1 more states – Remote 💵 $90k - $120k / year ⏰ Full Time 🟠 Senior 🔴 Lead 👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer Python SQL TypeScript Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Design, configure, maintain, and optimize operational intelligence collection pipelines supporting real-time monitoring and alerting workflows
Independently build, curate, tune, and manage structured datasets, collection logic, enrichment workflows, and operational intelligence pipelines
Develop and refine advanced collection strategies using Boolean logic, heuristics, metadata enrichment, tagging frameworks, geospatial filtering, and signal scoring methodologies
Drive continuous improvements in signal quality, workflow efficiency, operational relevance, and data reliability
Deploy, evaluate, monitor, and optimize AI/ML and computer vision models supporting operational intelligence workflows
Develop, test, and refine LLM-driven workflows, prompt frameworks, and AI-assisted alerting systems
Support multimodal intelligence workflows integrating text, image, video, metadata, geospatial, and behavioral signals into actionable operational insights
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Customer Success, and mission stakeholders to operationalize new capabilities and improve workflows
Lead operational troubleshooting, pipeline hardening, workflow optimization, and issue resolution efforts
Identify emerging collection opportunities, platform shifts, operational risks, and regional digital ecosystem changes
Contribute to operational standards, workflow documentation, and best practices for intelligence pipeline engineering
Mentor junior team members supporting operational intelligence workflows
Uphold classification, security, legal, and ethical standards for government-facing operational environments. 🎯 Requirements
Active TS/SCI clearance preferred or ability to obtain and maintain one
8+ years of experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, defense contractor, or related operational intelligence environments
Experience designing, operating, or optimizing intelligence collection workflows, operational monitoring pipelines, or AI-assisted analytical systems
Strong understanding of OSINT methodologies, operational collection strategies, and intelligence tradecraft
Advanced experience building and refining Boolean logic, heuristic filtering, operational tagging systems, or enrichment workflows
Familiarity with AI/ML concepts including NLP, clustering, anomaly detection, entity extraction, computer vision, or multimodal analysis
Ability to independently manage competing operational priorities in dynamic mission environments
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Experience with Python, SQL, APIs, workflow orchestration, or scripting for operational automation and pipeline management
Experience supporting real-time operational monitoring and mission-critical alerting systems
Familiarity with AI-assisted analytical workflows, prompt engineering, or operational LLM integration
Experience collaborating with engineering or product teams to operationalize new capabilities
Experience mentoring analysts or engineers in operational intelligence environments
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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSQLBoolean LogicHeuristic FilteringOperational Tagging SystemsAI/ML ConceptsNLPComputer VisionWorkflow OrchestrationData Enrichment

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationCross-Functional CollaborationMentoring

Certifications

Active TS/SCI Clearance