Senior AI Software Engineer

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Defense UnicornsAI software
Remote, United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary148,750 - 201,250 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Required Skills
KubernetesTypeScriptGoCI/CDRESTful APIsDistributed Systems

Requirements

  • Bring 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Have strong proficiency in a modern programming language; Go and TypeScript are preferred.
  • Have experience designing, building, and operating production software products.
  • Have experience integrating LLMs, AI agents, or AI-powered capabilities into software applications.
  • Understand APIs, distributed systems, asynchronous workflows, and application architecture.
  • Have experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native application development.
  • Have experience building reliable, testable systems with automated validation and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Be able to navigate ambiguity, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and independently deliver complex solutions.
  • Be able to collaborate and communicate effectively across teams.
  • Travel expectation: 0–5%.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

  • Build AI-driven workflows for creating, packaging, validating, and maintaining mission applications.
  • Develop agent orchestration that combines AI reasoning with deterministic tooling, validation, and human oversight.
  • Create secure, isolated development environments for AI agents and software development.
  • Integrate UDS packaging, Kubernetes, and software delivery tooling into automated development workflows.
  • Build systems for persistent application state, development workflows, and asynchronous execution.
  • Develop automated testing and validation to ensure generated software and UDS packages are secure and deployable.
  • Own the design, implementation, testing, and delivery of complex software features and systems.
  • Drive technical decisions, contribute to architecture, and resolve ambiguity with Product, UX, and Mission Heroes.
  • Debug issues across Kubernetes, virtualization, storage, networking, and operating systems.
  • Improve reliability, security, performance, observability, and maintainability; review code, mentor teammates, and document technical decisions.
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