Defense Unicorns

Defense Unicorns

Senior Software Engineer - UDS Registry Team

Remote, United States · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$149k-$201kDetected 4 days ago
GoGitAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformHelmCI/CDComplianceSupply ChainRecruitingCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • Defense Unicorns seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join our UDS Registry team.
  • The Registry team values action, ownership, and focus, taking initiative to see work through from idea to impact.
  • As a Software Engineer, you'll operate at the intersection of product development and technical execution.

Responsibilities

  • Own architecture decisions and ensure technical quality across the engineering team
  • Develop comprehensive documentation, including design specifications, user manuals, and maintenance guides

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience with software engineering
  • Strong understanding of system design, APIs, databases, and cloud architecture (e.g., AWS, Azure)
  • Experience with Supply Chain Security (e.g., SBOMs, security scanning, etc.)
  • Experience building a software tool with core focuses on software lifecycle and management
  • Familiar with OCI Specifications (Image and Distribution)
  • Excited to assess intricate problems, propose solutions, and implement them effectively
  • Familiar with Core Kubernetes Concepts
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable conveying technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

  • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
  • Contribute to Open Source Projects.
  • Participating in Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Apache Software Foundation (ASF), or Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is a huge plus!
  • Preferred Experience and Qualifications:
  • Proficient in Go (proficiency in other modern programming languages a plus)
  • Don't have all the preferred experience or qualifications?
  • Preferred Experience and

Compensation

  • Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience.

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Health Savings Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Company Stock Options
  • Home Office Budget
  • We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year's
  • Paid Parental Leave

Company info

  • Kubernetes
  • Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
  • Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
  • Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
  • GitOps
  • Containers
  • CNCF projects and open source products and packages
  • Helm/Kustomize-Value Stream Mapping
  • Building and improving security delivery
  • Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges.
  • We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation.
  • Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security.
  • Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.
  • We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.

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