Dev Infra Software Engineer, Air Defense
About The Position
This role is for a Dev Infra Software Engineer on an Air Defense program. The engineer will build backend software or developer tooling that real users depend on, growing their experience on a DevInfra team supporting a high-stakes defense program. The role involves owning meaningful pieces of shipped work, including backend services, pipelines, tooling, and infrastructure, alongside senior engineers. The engineer will work end-to-end on problems, writing Go/Python services, setting up AWS infrastructure via Terraform, wiring it into CI, and debugging production issues. The role requires curiosity about new layers and a readiness to learn on the job. U.S. Person status is required due to access to U.S. export controlled information, and eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance is necessary.
Requirements
- Experience building backend software or developer tooling that real users depend on.
- U.S. Person status due to required access to U.S. export controlled information.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- At least 3+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc.
- Professional software development lifecycle experience using tools such as version control, CI/CD systems, etc.
- Experience building backend software systems with various data storage and processing requirements.
- Experience with industry-standard cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), CI/CD tools, and software infrastructure fundamentals (networking, security, distributed systems).
- Experience with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. NixOS, Terraform).
- Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
- Familiarity with industry-standard monitoring and logging tools.
- A bias toward rapid delivery and iteration.
- Have built or invented something: an app, a website, a game, a startup.
- Previous experience working in an engineering setting: a startup (or startup-like environment), engineering school, etc.
- Success in a low-structure, high-autonomy environment.
- Exposure to containers, SBOM tooling, or vulnerability scanning (Syft, Grype, Trivy).
- Prior work on a platform, devinfra, SRE, or developer-productivity team.
Responsibilities
- Building backend software or developer tooling.
- Owning meaningful pieces of shipped work: backend services, pipelines, tooling, and infrastructure.
- Working end-to-end on a problem: writing Go/Python services, standing up AWS infrastructure via Terraform, wiring it into CI, and debugging production issues.
- Learning new layers of technology on the job.
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensuring support in health, recovery, and future needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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