Remote Cloud-Native Software Engineer (Senior to Staff)

Defense Unicorns; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k retirement plan

Stock options

Home office budget

Flexible time off

Conferences

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior to Staff Software Engineer to help transform legacy, on-prem software into a cloud-native platform for the US Navy team. You will own end-to-end delivery, collaborate with vendors, platform engineering, and government organizations, and shape technical requirements for development, testing, production transition, and sustainment.

You will mentor engineers, participate in architecture reviews, and drive best practices for microservices, CI/CD, and security

Qualifications

• Expert level proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Go, TypeScript, Python).
• Strong understanding of system design and API development.
• Experience with microservices, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Translate product requirements into technical solutions with engineers and stakeholders.
• Refactor on-prem systems into distributed cloud-based services.
• Drive CI/CD, testing, observability, and security practices across teams.

Skills

Go

TypeScript

Python

System design

Microservices

Tools

Argo Workflows

FastAPI

ASP.NET

PostgreSQL

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior to Staff Software Engineer to help transform legacy, on-prem software into a cloud-native platform for the US Navy team. You will own end-to-end delivery, collaborate with vendors, platform engineering, and government organizations, and shape technical requirements for development, testing, production transition, and sustainment.

You will mentor engineers, participate in architecture reviews, and drive best practices for microservices, CI/CD, and security