Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Defense Unicorns delivers secure software integration, delivery, and cloud-native solutions for mission-focused customers, including U.S. government defense and civil agencies. The Associate Software Engineer will develop, test, deploy, and maintain software features and fixes for mission-critical environments while collaborating with engineering, product, and design teams. The role also involves debugging, documentation, open source contributions, production support, and learning defense-system interoperability and security practices.
Responsibilities
- Build, ship, and maintain well-scoped features, fixes, and improvements that support mission-critical environments
- Contribute to implementation plans and technical discussions with support from senior teammates
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to translate clear requirements into working software
- Clarify product and technical requirements by asking thoughtful questions and documenting assumptions
- Debug issues, improve reliability, and learn production support practices as part of the team
- Help integrate with existing defense systems while learning interoperability and security expectations
- Contribute to open source projects and internal tooling through scoped issues, fixes, and documentation
- Develop and maintain clear technical documentation such as implementation notes, runbooks, and user guides
- Participate in production support and shared on-call practices with guidance, contributing to troubleshooting, incident follow-up, and reliability improvements
Skills
- EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION REQUIRES U.S. CITIZENSHIP
- Travel Expectations/Requirements: 0-5%
- 1-3 years experience in software engineering
- Working knowledge of Go or another modern programming language
- Foundational understanding of software design, APIs, databases, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.)
- Exposure to tools or projects focused on software lifecycle and delivery
- Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts, or interest in learning them (Controllers, Operators, CRDs)
- Familiarity with supply chain security concepts, or interest in learning them (SBOMs, signing, scanning, etc.)
- Experience contributing to open source projects (CNCF, ASF, OpenSSF, etc.) through coursework, personal projects, internships, or professional work is a plus
- Ability to break down problems, learn quickly, and deliver pragmatic solutions with team support
- Clear communication and collaboration skills, with comfort asking questions and sharing progress
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 Years
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
- Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
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