Senior Software Engineer - Open Source (RD217)
Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Remote (United States)
This employer recently closed a federal science award ($6.4M) in 2025 — funded companies hire ahead of their postings. Defense Unicorns, Inc.'s funding and open roles · all recently funded employers.
About the role
Defense Unicorns is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain its open source cloud native software and steward the surrounding community. The role sits at the intersection of community stewardship, product development, and technical execution: engaging contributors on GitHub/Slack, shipping features and fixes across cloud native tooling, owning architecture decisions, and mentoring other engineers. Candidates need 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong Go (TypeScript a plus), deep Kubernetes knowledge, and a track record of meaningful open source contribution (CNCF, ASF, or OpenSSF communities). Remote, with 5-15% travel.
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