Software Engineer (FedD105)

Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote

  • Junior
  • Full-time
  • $123,250 – $166,750
  • Posted 2026-04-07
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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Job description

EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION REQUIRES U.S. CITIZENSHIP.

Role Description:

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Mid to Senior Software Engineer to help drive our transformation from legacy, on-premises software to a modern, cloud-native platform. In this role you will play a key part in designing and building our next-generation scalable data pipelines to ingest, transform, and load data from diverse sources. You'll be joining Defense Unicorns’ US Navy team and be responsible for creating and owning end-to-end project delivery, and advocating best practices in database usage and system architecture. You will work closely with other software engineers, platform engineers, end users, and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with data architects, analysts, and a wide variety of stakeholders to translate ambiguous product requirements into technical solutions

• Design, build, and maintain complex ETL/ELT workflows

• Implement security protocols, including authentication and authorization,

• Create optimized transformations to clean, enrich, and model data, utilizing cloud-native tools

• Ensure data quality, integrity, and compliance, maintaining metadata and lineage

• Help refactor and modernize existing on-prem systems into distributed, cloud-based services

• Contribute to the design of authentication, identity management, and RBAC/ABAC frameworks

• Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and ongoing technical improvements

• Drive best practices in microservice design, testing, observability, and CI/CD automation

• Collaborate closely with partner company engineers and stakeholders to devise the best solutions for our Mission Heroes

• Collaborate with the Defense Unicorns product team sharing improvements and growth opportunities for future projects

• Comfortable in an asynchronous, all remote 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.

• Develop comprehensive documentation, including design specifications, user manuals, and maintenance guides

• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends to inform product enhancements and innovation

• Provide technical mentorship and elevate engineering standards across the team

• Communicate effectively with all levels of engineers and stakeholders internal and external to the company

• Influence product direction through deep understanding of user needs and system constraints

Travel Expectations/Requirements: 10-15%

The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

• 3+ years (mid) or 5+ years (senior) experience with software engineering

• Experience building a software tool with core focuses on software lifecycle and management

• Expert level proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Go, TypeScript, Python) with the ability to write idiomatic, testable code

• Strong understanding of system design, API development, workflow orchestration (Argo Workflows preferred), relational databases, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure)

• Deep knowledge of database design, schema design, indexing, and query optimization

• Past experience leading a team through the decomposition of a complex monolithic application design into small, independent services that communicate with lightweight APIs

• Modern API design experience, beyond basic CRUD operations; use of RESTful services, and high confidence utilizing tools such as FastAPI in Python, ASP.NET in C#, or equivalent

• Experience with implementation of authorization and data governance, security telemetry pipelines, policy enforcement, and role-based access control to ensure compliance and data privacy across enterprise systems

• Excited to assess intricate problems, propose solutions, and implement them effectively

• Familiar with Core Kubernetes Concepts including but not limited to Controllers, Operators, and CRDs

• Passion for clean architecture, automation, and iterative modernization

• Familiar with Department of Defense acquisition or sustainment software modernization projects

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable conveying technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences as well as leading technical working sessions with partners and mission heroes

• Analytical, problem-solving mindset with a high attention to detail

• Experience working proactively, managing time efficiently, and thriving in a vibrant remote work environment! ✨🦄

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