Senior Platform Engineer

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Army team, focused on building and operating product-aligned platform capabilities that enable how our software is developed, validated, and experienced. This role is responsible for creating and owning persistent, always-on environments and integration layers across the UDS platform, including Fleet Management, Edge Management, and system-level components. Travel Expectations/Requirements: 25%.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable platform environments that support development, testing, and demos; Own the reliability and usability of shared environments used across the team; Collaborate closely with software engineers to integrate platform and product components; Identify and close gaps in system integration across services and infrastructure layers; Build and maintain infrastructure as code for reproducible environments; Improve developer experience by reducing friction in environment setup and usage; Support product implementation and stakeholder access through stable, well-understood systems; Contribute to platform and product architecture decisions where environments and integration are concerned; Design and operate always-on product environments for customer demos, internal use, and stakeholder access; Build feature branch / preview environments to support UX and rapid feedback loops; Enable internal dogfooding through real, long-running deployments of UDS products; Integrate core system components across Fleet Management, Edge Management, OS, and related services; Reduce reliance on local environments by creating shared, reproducible infrastructure; Support pathways toward self-service demo and trial environments; Improve system reliability by enabling continuous, real-world usage and validation; Partner with engineering, product, and UX to ensure environments reflect real user scenarios

Requirements

U.S. citizenship required; Employer is a contractor for the U.S. Government

Nice to have

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

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; Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions; Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)