At Defense Unicorns, we make software a strategic deterrent with solutions that promote data independence, portability, and efficiency. Backed by Sapphire.
About the role
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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of software-engineering experience, proficiency in C++, Python and Bash scripting, and demonstrated ownership of production or legacy codebases
- Strong Linux fundamentals, including services, processes, permissions, logging, package management, and command-line troubleshooting
- Strong networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing, DNS, TLS, segmentation, interfaces, policy enforcement, and traffic analysis
- Experience with secure software development, dependency management, vulnerability triage, patching, code review, and remediation
- Strong testing discipline across unit, integration, end-to-end, and regression testing
- Working knowledge of containers, version control, build automation, CI/CD, registries, observability, and modern release practices
More about this role
Defense Unicorns is seeking a Software Engineer to own the assessment, hardening, testing, and modernization of a Government-provided software-defined networking (SDN) baseline capability. You will join the Defense Unicorns Navy Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team and be responsible for understanding an unfamiliar codebase, improving its security and maintainability, and delivering a reliable software baseline that can be sustained as mission requirements evolve.
This is a software-engineering role with a systems and networking focus. You will work directly with source code, build systems, dependencies, runtime behavior, test suites, and open-source integrations. You will diagnose complex issues across application and network boundaries, remediate vulnerabilities, and leverage AI tools to maintain and develop applications within DevSecOps pipelines. Additionally, you will establish disciplined engineering practices around code quality, release readiness, and long-term sustainment.
Working with Defense Unicorns platform engineers and Government stakeholders, you will integrate the SDN application codebase to ensure the software can be built, tested, packaged, deployed, and...
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