SoftwareEngineer(Mid-Senior)

Role Description: Defense Unicorns is seeking Software Engineers (Mid and Senior) to join our UDS Product Engineering team. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and end users to ensure we’re building the right solutions, and building them well. As a Software Engineer, you’ll operate at the intersection of product development and technical execution. You’ll contribute to and, at times, lead the design, implementation, and deployment of features and systems that have direct impact on mission outcomes. Our engineers work across a portfolio that includes UDS Registry — reliably manage and deploy UDS packages to any mission environment Zarf — an open source tool enabling continuous software delivery on disconnected systems UDS Foundry — Core tooling and systems that build secure, repeatable, and scalable package delivery tooling for the entire UDS Ecosystem Fleet — manage distributed systems across Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) and fully airgapped environments UDS Image Factory — developer tooling for composing complete, mission-ready system images (OS, Kubernetes, applications, configuration) into a single deployable artifact UDS Foundation — core platform and tooling that power UDS, serving Platform Engineers building and operating UDS across environments The UDS Product Engineering team values action, ownership, and focus, taking initiative to see work through from idea to impact. How You’ll Contribute: Mid-level Software Engineer: Deliver high-quality, production-ready code with strong testing and reliability practices Own well-scoped features and systems end-to-end Contribute to design discussions and implementation decisions Navigate ambiguity with increasing independence Build deep understanding of the systems and domains you work in Senior Software Engineer: 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 inf