Senior AI Software Engineer — Secure, AI-Driven Delivery

Archer

United States

Remote

USD 149,000 - 201,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401k Retirement Plan
Company Stock Options
Home Office Budget
Flexible Time Off
Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Ark team, building an AI-native software development product for mission environments. You will own complex capability design and delivery, collaborating with Engineering, Product, UX, and Mission Heroes to translate challenging problems into reliable solutions.

You’ll help shape architecture, drive engineering practices, and contribute to secure, scalable software delivery in a remote USA setting.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong proficiency in Go and TypeScript.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating production software products.
  • Experience integrating LLMs, AI agents, or AI-powered capabilities into software applications.
  • Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems, asynchronous workflows, and application architecture.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native application development.
  • Experience building reliable, testable systems with automated validation and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design, implementation, testing, and delivery of complex software features and systems.
  • Drive pragmatic technical decisions and contribute to architecture across product components.
  • Proactively identify and resolve ambiguity in collaboration with Product, UX, and Mission Heroes.
  • Debug complex issues across Kubernetes, virtualization, storage, networking, and operating systems.
  • Improve the reliability, security, performance, observability, and maintainability of our software.
  • Review code, mentor teammates, and help establish strong engineering practices.
  • Document technical decisions, communicate clearly, and collaborate effectively across teams.

Skills

5+ years of software engineering
Go and TypeScript
Strong communication and problem‑solv.
Navigate ambiguity and deliver complex

Tools

Kubernetes
Containers
CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Ark team, building an AI-native software development product for mission environments. You will own complex capability design and delivery, collaborating with Engineering, Product, UX, and Mission Heroes to translate challenging problems into reliable solutions.

You’ll help shape architecture, drive engineering practices, and contribute to secure, scalable software delivery in a remote USA setting.

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