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Defense Unicorns

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51 - 200 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 Seed Round on 2022-10

Defense • Software • Cybersecurity

Defense Unicorns is a cutting-edge technology company focused on transforming the way the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) procures and deploys mission-critical software capabilities. Through its Airgap App Store and Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS), Defense Unicorns offers a centralized marketplace of trusted, pre-approved applications designed for rapid, secure, and compliant deployments in the most secure and complex DoD environments. The company emphasizes speed and reliability in software delivery, catering to various missions across domains such as Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force. Defense Unicorns meets the unique challenges of DevSecOps for defense systems, ensuring operational adaptability and security in mission-critical software deployments.

📋 Description

• Lead design and implementation of complex systems across teams • Own and be accountable for systems or major components end-to-end • Drive technical direction and influence product decisions • Operate effectively in ambiguity and define clear paths forward • Mentor other engineers and elevate engineering standards • Build, ship, and maintain features and systems that support mission-critical environments • Contribute to system design, architecture, and implementation decisions • Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions • Identify and reduce ambiguity in product and technical requirements • Debug, optimize, and support production systems (including on-call rotation) • Integrate with existing defense systems while ensuring interoperability and security compliance • Contribute to and support the open source ecosystems we depend on • Develop and maintain technical documentation (designs, runbooks, user guides) • Participants in a shared 24x7 on-call rotation, owning incident response, troubleshooting, and coordination to ensure reliable production systems.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering • Proficiency in Go or other modern programming languages • Strong understanding of system design, APIs, databases, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.) • Experience building tools focused on software lifecycle and delivery • Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts (Controllers, Operators, CRDs) • Experience with supply chain security (SBOMs, signing, scanning, etc.) • Experience contributing to open source projects (CNCF, ASF, OpenSSF, etc.) is a strong plus • Ability to solve complex problems and deliver pragmatic, scalable solutions • Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision • Premiums are 100% Company Paid • Health Savings Account • Life Insurance • Disability Insurance • 401k Retirement Plan • Company Stock Options • Home Office Budget • Flexible Time Off (FTO) • Paid Parental Leave • Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)