Software Engineer (FedD105)

The role

You will design and build scalable data pipelines to transform legacy on-premises software into a modern cloud-native platform. You will work with the US Navy team to own end-to-end project delivery and advocate for system architecture best practices.

What you will do

• Translate ambiguous product requirements into technical solutions
• Design, build, and maintain complex ETL/ELT workflows
• Implement security protocols including authentication and authorization
• Create optimized transformations to clean, enrich, and model data
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and compliance
• Refactor and modernize existing on-prem systems into cloud-based services
• Contribute to the design of authentication, identity management, and RBAC/ABAC frameworks
• Participate in architectural discussions and code reviews
• Drive best practices in microservice design, testing, observability, and CI/CD automation
• Integrate software products with existing defense systems

Required qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required
• Expert level proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Go, TypeScript, Python)

Nice to have

• 3+ years (mid) or 5+ years (senior) experience with software engineering
• Experience building a software tool with core focuses on software lifecycle and management
• Strong understanding of system design, API development, workflow orchestration (Argo Workflows preferred), relational databases, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Deep knowledge of database design, schema design, indexing, and query optimization
• Past experience leading a team through the decomposition of a complex monolithic application design into small, independent services
• Modern API design experience using tools such as FastAPI in Python, ASP.NET in C#, or equivalent
• Experience with implementation of authorization and data governance, security telemetry pipelines, policy enforcement, and role-based access control
• Familiar with Core Kubernetes Concepts including Controllers, Operators, and CRDs
• Familiar with Department of Defense acquisition or sustainment software modernization projects
• Experience working proactively in a remote work environment

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Premiums are 100% Company Paid
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Company Stock Options
• Home Office Budget
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• All Federal Holidays
• One week for Thanksgiving
• Two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s

Before you apply

• Requires U.S. citizenship

About the company

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery for customers. They create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.