Software Engineer

Job description

Role Description: Defense Unicorns is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Edge Infrastructure team, working on UDS Image Factory. This team builds developer tooling for declaratively composing complete, mission-ready system images for air-gapped environments. These images include everything required to run — operating system, Kubernetes, applications, and site-specific configuration — packaged into a single, versioned artifact. The work sits at the intersection of software engineering, operating systems, and infrastructure. You’ll help build reliable, repeatable systems where everything must be defined at build time and work the first time in disconnected, real-world environments. If you’re the type of developer who enjoys running and maintaining your own Linux systems—or wants to—this role will feel like home. As a Software Engineer, you’ll contribute to the design and development of core platform capabilities that enable secure, predictable software delivery to the edge. Responsibilities: - Building custom tooling that composes operating systems, Kubernetes, applications, and configuration into a single deployable artifact - Developing and maintaining image build pipelines (c...