Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns dezvoltă instrumente pentru livrarea de software către Departamentul Apărării al SUA, ajutând echipele să procure și să implementeze aplicații esențiale pentru misiuni în medii securizate. Airgap App Store oferă un catalog centralizat de aplicații de încredere, aprobate în prealabil, iar Unicorn Delivery Service susține lansări rapide și fiabile. Compania se concentrează pe DevSecOps pentru misiuni de apărare ale Armatei, Marinei, Forțelor Aeriene și Forțelor Spațiale ale SUA, unde software-ul trebuie să respecte cerințe stricte de securitate și conformitate.

Senior Software Engineer, Virtual Machines

Build secure Kubernetes and virtualization tools for Defense Unicorns’ government customers. Develop VM lifecycle, networking, storage, and air-gapped deployment capabilities.

Descriere

  • Develop Kubernetes tools and APIs to orchestrate and manage virtual machine workloads
  • Prepare and package VM images for delivery to disconnected environments
  • Connect virtual machine workloads with UDS networking, observability, and security features
  • Build VM workflows for inventory, status, power management, and console access
  • Address challenges spanning VM lifecycles, persistent storage, networking, and image distribution
  • Make VM deployments repeatable, secure, and supportable in air-gapped environments
  • Partner with Product, UX, and Mission Heroes to translate operational needs into product capabilities
  • Lead the design, implementation, testing, and delivery of complex software features and systems
  • Guide technical decisions and shape architecture across product components
  • Clarify ambiguous problems in collaboration with Product, UX, and Mission Heroes
  • Diagnose complex issues across Kubernetes, virtualization, storage, networking, and operating systems
  • Strengthen software reliability, security, performance, observability, and maintainability
  • Review code, mentor colleagues, and promote sound engineering practices
  • Record technical decisions and collaborate across teams

Cerințe

  • Applicants must be U.S. citizens
  • At least five years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong command of Go or another modern programming language, and interest in building Go-based systems
  • Experience designing and building software that works with Kubernetes or other distributed systems
  • Solid knowledge of APIs, system design, and software architecture
  • Experience creating backend services, controllers, operators, or developer tools
  • Familiarity with Linux, containers, and operating system concepts
  • Experience building, testing, and operating production software
  • Ability to work through ambiguity, weigh technical tradeoffs, and independently deliver complex projects
  • Strong problem-solving skills, including debugging across system boundaries
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to shape technical direction and mentor engineers
  • Expected travel: 5–10%
  • Preferred: experience with KubeVirt, QEMU/KVM, or other virtualization technologies
  • Preferred: experience developing Kubernetes operators, controllers, or CRDs
  • Preferred: experience configuring, managing, or troubleshooting Windows virtual machines
  • Preferred: familiarity with VM image formats, conversion, migration, and lifecycle management
  • Preferred: experience with Kubernetes networking and storage
  • Preferred: experience building command-line tools, especially in Go
  • Preferred: familiarity with Zarf, OCI artifacts, or software packaging and distribution
  • Preferred: experience in air-gapped, disconnected, or regulated environments
  • Preferred: contributions to Kubernetes, KubeVirt, or other CNCF open-source projects
  • Preferred: experience building security-focused software or integrating systems with identity, access control, and observability platforms

Beneficii

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Company-paid insurance premiums
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Company stock options
  • Home office budget
  • Flexible time off
  • Federal holidays
  • One week off for Thanksgiving
  • Two weeks off for Christmas and New Year’s
  • Paid parental leave
  • Reimbursement for approved training and subscriptions
  • Conference expenses, including travel, lodging, and fees

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