Senior Software Engineer - UDS Foundations Team (RD272)

The role

You will lead the design, implementation, and deployment of features and systems for core products. You will work on providing the core platform and tooling that enables Platform Engineers to securely build, deploy, and operate mission-critical applications.

What you will do

• 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
• Actively participate in communities of practice via Slack and Github Issues
• Integrate software products with existing defense systems
• Own architecture decisions and ensure technical quality across the engineering team
• Develop comprehensive documentation including design specifications, user manuals, and maintenance guides
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends
• Provide technical mentorship and elevate engineering standards across the team
• Influence product direction through understanding of user needs and system constraints
• Participate in a shared 24x7 on-call rotation

Required qualifications

• Experience using Git and GitHub in collaborative environments
• Experience building and operating software products
• Proficiency in a modern programming language
• 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
• Familiar with Core Kubernetes Concepts including but not limited to Controllers, Operators, and CRDs
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have

• 5+ years (Senior) experience with software engineering
• Golang and/or TypeScript preferred
• Experience developing CLIs, Kubernetes Operators, and/or OpenTofu providers is a plus
• Experience contributing to or collaborating with Open Source Projects (e.g., CNCF, ASF, OpenSSF) is a plus
• Experience working proactively, managing time efficiently, and thriving in a vibrant 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) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s
• Paid Parental Leave
• Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

About the company

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so their customers can focus on the most important challenges. They create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.