Mission Architect
ABOUT THE COMPANY
America is under sustained cyber attack. Our adversaries infiltrate our networks, steal our IP, and degrade the digital infrastructure that modern life runs on. They’ve learned—correctly—that those attacks rarely produce consequences.
Twenty was founded to change that, by making our adversaries think twice before they attack us. Our vision is American and allied primacy in cyberspace—a future where they cannot contest us, deterrence is assured, and the free world remains secure.
Founded in 2024, Twenty Technologies ( industrializes offensive cyber operations for the U.S. and its allies. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Twenty has raised $38M from Caffeinated Capital, General Catalyst, and In-Q-Tel.
ROLE SUMMARY
The Mission Architect is the senior domain expert embedded on a product team to ensure what gets built matches how users actually work. You will turn real operational workflows, constraints, and edge cases into clear product requirements, testable acceptance criteria, and high-fidelity user experiences. You will partner closely with Product Managers, engineers, designers, and researchers to keep product decisions grounded in reality. This role is for someone who has deep credibility in their field and wants to shape software that materially improves outcomes for practitioners.
WHO YOU ARE
- You bring real credibility in your domain and instinctively separate what sounds good in theory from what works in practice.
- You care deeply about building products that hold up under real operational pressure, not just in ideal test conditions.
- You are comfortable working through ambiguity and turning messy, incomplete inputs into clear direction for a team.
- You communicate clearly across audiences, from hands-on practitioners to senior leaders.
- You raise the quality bar by being exacting about workflows, usability, and what “done” actually means for the user.
- You collaborate we...