Associate Software Engineer (Fully Remote)

Defense Unicorns; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Federal holidays

Paid parent leave

Job summary

Defense Unicorns in the United States is hiring software engineers to build, ship, and maintain mission-critical features for defense and civil agencies. You'll participate in production support, on-call practices, and collaborate on implementation plans with senior staff.

We value 1-3 years of Go experience, familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud environments, and contributions to open source. Join a diverse, inclusive team committed to secure, cloud-native software delivery.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years software engineering experience with Go or similar languages.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, cloud environments, and open source projects.

Responsibilities

• Build, ship, and maintain well-scoped features for mission-critical environments.
• Contribute to implementation plans and technical discussions with senior support.
• Participate in production support and shared on-call practices.
• Take on larger feature ownership with regular feedback.
• Contribute to cross-functional work and communicate status clearly.
• Strengthen engineering practices through code review and continuous learning.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud environments

Open source projects

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud environments

Job description

• Build, ship, and maintain well-scoped features for mission-critical environments.
• Contribute to implementation plans and technical discussions with senior support.
• Participate in production support and shared on-call practices.
• Take on larger feature ownership with regular feedback.
• Contribute to cross-functional work and communicate status clearly.
• Strengthen engineering practices through code review and continuous learning.

Qualifications and Culture:

• 1-3 years software engineering experience with Go or similar languages.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, cloud environments, and open source projects.
• Flexible Time Off, federal holidays, and paid parent leave; diverse and inclusive team.

Defense Unicorns

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery for defense and civil agencies, focusing on secure, cloud-native solutions. Our team of innovators, software engineers, and veterans brings decades of experience across the federal market, fostering a culture of action, ownership, and focus.