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Software Engineer - Public Sector

Unstructured · Remote · Remote

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About Unstructured

Transform complex, unstructured data into clean, AI-ready inputs. Connect to any source, process 64+ file types, and power your GenAI projects. Start now. Backed by Madrona and Menlo.

About the role

Our tools already power mission-critical workloads for half of the Fortune 500, and our open-source package has been downloaded 36+ million times. Now, we’re entering our next chapter—bringing these same innovations to the US government—and we’re hiring a Software Engineer - Public Sector to help lead the charge. If you’re energized by solving hard technical problems that truly matter—and you want to build solutions that empower agencies and support national missions—this is your moment.

What they're looking for

  • 5–9 years building software for US government or Department of Defense (DOD) networks
  • Active SECRET clearance required, TS/SCI strongly preferred
  • Deep expertise in Python, distributed architectures, and AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Proven success leading mission-critical technical initiatives and mentoring engineering teams
  • Passion for performance, reliability, and elegant, compliant solutions
  • Unstructured values service and encourages veterans of the US military and civilian agencies to apply to this role
More about this role

Unstructured is defining the standard for enterprise data transformation in the age of LLMs and generative AI. In just two years, we've raised over $65M from world-class investors, including Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital, Databricks, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and IBM.

Our open-source toolkit has been downloaded 97M+ times and is used by 90% of the Fortune 1000. We power production AI workflows across commercial and federal sectors — transforming PDFs, HTML, Word docs, images, emails, and more into AI-ready data pipelines that scale.

We're not just building tools; we're building the backbone of generative AI and the infrastructure that unlocks intelligence across industries.

Ready to shape the future of AI infrastructure and build systems that power the most advanced unstructured data pipelines in the world? At Unstructured, we’re building the backbone of generative AI—enabling federal agencies, defense organizations, and public sector partners to transform PDFs, HTML, Word docs, images, and more into high-performance data pipelines that scale securely and reliably.

Our tools already power mission-critical workloads for half of the Fortune 500, and our open-source package has been...

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