Tactical software and Android engineering for dismounted Soldier missions
Sherpa 6 is a veteran-owned defense engineering firm building mobile, web and sensor-integrated software for dismounted Soldiers. Its stack pairs Android-native tooling (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Room, RxJava) with Palantir Foundry, Watchtower and Jama Connect, pointing to tactical-edge apps tied into enterprise defense data platforms. Hiring is accelerating and skews heavily toward senior engineers, aligned with USSOCOM PEO-TIS integration and Watchtower MDM deployment work.
Sherpa 6, Inc. is a privately held, veteran-owned small business headquartered in Littleton, Colorado, founded in 2017 with 51–200 employees. The company delivers systems engineering, UX/UI design, Android and iOS development, web and backend services, sensor integration, field support and product sustainment. Its work centers on solutions for military warfighters, particularly dismounted Soldiers, covering projects from concept through sustainment. Engineering teams build on Kotlin, Java, React, Node.js, TypeScript and PostgreSQL, deployed across AWS, Azure and Kubernetes. Hiring is concentrated in the United States.
Sherpa 6 uses Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, React, Node.js, TypeScript and PostgreSQL, running on AWS, Azure, Docker and Kubernetes, with Terraform, Ansible, Jira, Jama Connect and Palantir Foundry.
Job posts point to USSOCOM PEO-TIS integration for STC, FCD-W and Watchtower programs, a Watchtower MDM deployment, an OIT ISS OTOC build-out and a greenfield app for the Maven Smart System ecosystem.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and dominated by senior engineering roles in the United States, with smaller openings in support, data, design, security and operations.
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