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Mountain View, California, United States
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Role overview
Job description
EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION REQUIRES U.S. CITIZENSHIP. Role Description: Defense Unicorns is building UDS VM, a new product that enables Mission Heroes to securely deploy, operate, and manage virtual machines alongside containerized workloads within the UDS platform. Many mission-critical applications cannot easily move to containers because of operating system dependencies, vendor requirements, or existing approvals. Today, running these workloads on UDS often requires custom engineering. We’re building a supported, repeatable path for running VMs in secure, disconnected environments, with the security controls and evidence needed for authorization. The work sits at the intersection of product software engineering, Kubernetes, virtualization, and security. We’re building software—not simply operating infrastructure—to make virtual machines first-clas
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- Listed from Defense Unicorns's careers site via Greenhouse · last confirmed on the source 23 Oct 2026
- Posted 22 Oct 2026
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5+ years of professional software engineering experience Strong proficiency in Go or another modern programming language, with an interest in developing Go-based systems Experience designing and building software that interacts with Kubernetes or other distributed systems Strong understanding of APIs, system design, and software architecture Experience developing backend services, controllers, operators, or developer tooling Familiarity with Linux systems, containers, and operating system concepts Experience building, testing, and operating production software Ability to navigate ambiguity, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and independently drive complex work to completion Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug across multiple system boundaries Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence technical direction and mentor other engineers Great to Have: Experience with KubeVirt, QEMU/KVM, or other virtualization technologies Experience developing Kubernetes operators, controllers, or custom resource definitions (CRDs) Experience configuring, managing, or troubleshooting Windows virtual machines Familiarity with VM image formats, conversi
Department · Research & Development
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Defense Unicorns
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