Senior Platform Engineer

Defense Unicorns

Senior Platform Engineer at Defense Unicorns focused on building and operating software platform capabilities. Working on integrating core system components and designing robust product environments.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $148,750 - $201,250 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsKubernetesLinuxTerraformUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Designing and operating always-on product environments for customer demos, internal use, and stakeholder access
Building feature branch / preview environments to support UX and rapid feedback loops
Enabling internal dogfooding through real, long-running deployments of UDS products
Integrating core system components across Fleet Management, Edge Management, OS, and related services
Reducing reliance on local environments by creating shared, reproducible infrastructure
Supporting pathways toward self-service demo and trial environments
Improve system reliability by enabling continuous, real-world usage and validation
Partnering with engineering, product, and UX to ensure environments reflect real user scenarios

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused software engineering
Deep familiarity with Kubernetes and container-based systems
Experience building and operating shared or multi-tenant environments
Proficiency with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, etc.)
Strong understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, and deployment pipelines
Experience integrating distributed systems across multiple services
Comfortable working across system boundaries (application, infrastructure, networking)
Proficiency with Linux/Unix systems
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and UX

Benefits

Comp & perks

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) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s
Paid Parental Leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

Platform EngineeringDevOpsInfrastructure As CodeKubernetesCI/CDGitOpsDistributed Systems IntegrationLinux/Unix SystemsProblem-SolvingMulti-Tenant Environments

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationCollaboration