Open Source Software Engineer: Cloud-Native, Remote

Defense Unicorns; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Company Stock Options

Home Office Budget

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Defense Unicorns seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build, maintain, and steward open source products and the ecosystems they depend on. You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, community contributors, and end users to ensure we’re building the right solutions—and building them well.

You’ll operate at the intersection of community stewardship, product development, and technical execution, leading design and implementation of cloud native software with direct impact on

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building or maintaining open source software.
• Proficient in Go; willingness to learn TypeScript and Rust.
• Strong understanding of cloud native architectures and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers and community contributors on features, fixes, reviews, and releases.
• Engage with open source communities and standards bodies to advance upstream ecosystems.
• Deliver end-user focused experiences and produce case studies or talks.
• Identify ambiguities in requirements and resolve them with practical solutions.
• Work effectively in a remote, time-efficient environment.

Skills

5+ years software engineering

Open source experience

Go proficiency

Cloud native technologies

Strong communication

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

Defense Unicorns seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build, maintain, and steward open source products and the ecosystems they depend on. You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, community contributors, and end users to ensure we’re building the right solutions—and building them well.

You’ll operate at the intersection of community stewardship, product development, and technical execution, leading design and implementation of cloud native software with direct impact on