Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Security Tools

Defense Unicorns; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Company-paid premiums

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k

Company stock options

Home office budget

Flexible time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Training reimbursements

Conferences

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the UDS Registry team. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and end users to build reliable software for managing UDS packages across mission environments, including the ISSM persona.

You’ll lead design, implementation, and deployment of features with a strong focus on security, interoperability, and documentation, while mentoring teammates and contributing to open source practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with software engineering.
• Experience building a software tool with core focuses on software lifecycle and management.
• Proficient in Go (proficiency in other modern programming languages a plus).
• Strong understanding of system design, APIs, databases, and cloud architecture (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Familiar with OCI Specifications (Image and Distribution).
• Experience with Supply Chain Security (e.g., SBOMs, security scanning, etc.).
• Familiar with Core Kubernetes Concepts.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable conveying technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Work with engineers internal to the company, and within the open source community on feature and bug fix requests.
• Proactively identify and resolve ambiguity in product requirements.
• Comfortable working proactively, managing time efficiently, and thriving in a vibrant remote work environment.
• Actively participate in communities of practice via Slack and Github Issues.
• Integrate software products with existing defense systems, ensuring seamless interoperability and adherence to security protocols.
• Own architecture decisions and ensure technical quality across the engineering team.
• Participate in on-call rotation for our production environment.
• Develop comprehensive documentation, including design specifications, user manuals, and maintenance guides.
• Contribute to Open Source Projects and CNCF/ASF/OpenSSF involvement is a plus.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and inform product enhancements.
• Provide technical mentorship and elevate engineering standards across the team.
• Influence product direction through deep understanding of user needs and system constraints.

Skills

Go programming

Software engineering

System design

APIs

Cloud architecture

OCI specifications

Supply chain security

Kubernetes concepts

Communication

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the UDS Registry team. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and end users to build reliable software for managing UDS packages across mission environments, including the ISSM persona.

You’ll lead design, implementation, and deployment of features with a strong focus on security, interoperability, and documentation, while mentoring teammates and contributing to open source practices.