
Software Engineer (Mid-Senior)
Defense Unicornsabout 6 hours ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$123k - $201k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, ship, and maintain features and systems that support mission-critical environments.
- Contribute to system design, architecture, and implementation decisions.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Identify and reduce ambiguity in product and technical requirements.
- Debug, optimize, and support production systems, including on-call rotation.
- Integrate with existing defense systems while ensuring interoperability and security compliance.
- Contribute to and support the open source ecosystems we depend on.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including designs and user guides.
- Participate in a shared 24x7 on-call rotation, owning incident response and troubleshooting.
Requirements
- 3+ years (Mid) or 5+ years (Senior) experience in software engineering.
- Proficiency in Go or other modern programming languages.
- Strong understanding of system design, APIs, databases, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.).
- Experience building tools focused on software lifecycle and delivery.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts (Controllers, Operators, CRDs).
- Experience with supply chain security (SBOMs, signing, scanning, etc.).
- Experience contributing to open source projects is a strong plus.
- Ability to solve complex problems and deliver pragmatic, scalable solutions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance with premiums 100% company paid.
- Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, and Disability Insurance.
- 401k Retirement Plan and Company Stock Options.
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s.
- Paid Parental Leave and reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions.
- Coverage for travel, lodging, and fees for conferences.