$123.3K – $201.3K/yr
Role overview
Job description
Defense Unicorns seeks a Senior Software Engineer to work on our core products. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and end users to ensure we’re building the right solutions—and building them well. The team enables Platform Engineers to securely build, deploy, and operate mission-critical applications in regulated and disconnected environments by providing the core platform and tooling that power UDS. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll operate at the intersection of product development and technical execution. You’ll lead the design, implementation, and deployment of features and systems that have direct impact on mission outcomes. Responsibilities: Work with engineers internal to the company, and within the open source community on feature and bug fix requests Proactively identify and resolve ambiguity in product requirements Comfortable in an asynchrono
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- Source: Defense Unicorns's official careers site (via Greenhouse) · last confirmed on the source 29 Oct 2026
- Posted 4 Aug 2026
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5+ years (Senior) experience with software engineering Experience using Git and GitHub in collaborative environments Experience building and operating software products Proficiency in a modern programming language (Golang and/or TypeScript preferred) Experience with infrastructure as code using OpenTofu or Terraform Strong understanding of system design, APIs, databases, and cloud architecture (e.g., AWS, Azure) Ability to assess complex problems, propose pragmatic solutions, and drive them to completion Experience developing CLIs, Kubernetes Operators, and/or OpenTofu providers is a plus Familiar with Core Kubernetes Concepts including but not limited to Controllers, Operators, and CRDs Experience contributing to or collaborating with Open Source Projects (e.g., CNCF, ASF, OpenSSF) is a plus Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable conveying technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences Experience working proactively, managing time efficiently, and thriving in a vibrant remote work environment ✨🦄 Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely t
Department · Research & Development
Hiring company
Defense Unicorns
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