Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns builds platform software and services that streamline secure, cloud-native delivery for defense and federal programs, with emphasis on DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and air‑gapped environments. It provides software and professional services under government contracts to deploy open-architecture platforms and CI/CD pipelines across classified and disconnected systems. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, the privately held company serves U.S. defense and national security agencies.
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25 open positions
Build reliable agentic AI applications that connect LLMs, tools, enterprise data, and mission workflows in secure government environments. This hands-on software engineering role focuses on turning AI experimentation into operational, repeatable capabilities.
Build and operationalize secure AI agents and agentic workflows for government and mission-critical engineering environments. This hands-on, forward-deployed role moves LLM-powered capabilities from prototypes into reliable production use.
Forward Deployed Engineer leading software and data-platform integration for modular C-UAS systems in secure DoD environments. The role combines field deployment, production operations, mission-system integration, and technical mentorship, with most work performed remotely and 10%–25% travel.
Senior to Staff Software Engineer building a modern, cloud-native maintenance planning platform for the US Navy. The role combines backend and data-focused engineering, architecture ownership, modernization of legacy systems, and technical leadership across government and partner stakeholders.
Build AI-native software delivery capabilities that help mission teams create, validate, package, and deploy secure applications into regulated and disconnected environments. This senior role combines AI agent orchestration, software architecture, and cloud-native engineering.
Build secure, product-focused virtual machine capabilities for Kubernetes and disconnected environments as a Senior Software Engineer. You’ll own complex backend systems spanning virtualization, storage, networking, and VM lifecycle management.
Senior Platform Engineer responsible for deploying and operating Kubernetes platforms across cloud and on-premises environments while building infrastructure automation and supporting customers. The role combines hands-on platform engineering, technical customer enablement, training, troubleshooting, and delivery-process ownership.
Senior Software Engineer building and stewarding open source, cloud-native software for defense environments. The role combines hands-on development in Go with community collaboration, architecture ownership, documentation, and ecosystem leadership.
Senior Solutions Architect leading customer-facing technical engagements, engineering enablement, and solution delivery for secure, cloud-native defense software projects. The role combines architectural guidance, team leadership, proof-of-concept management, and hands-on Kubernetes and continuous-delivery work.
Own the hardening, modernization, testing, and sustainment of a government-provided software-defined networking codebase for Navy environments. This hands-on software engineering role combines C++, Python, Linux, networking, secure development, and containerized delivery.
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