Senior Software Engineer, Golang

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and implementation of intricate systems across various teams.

• Take ownership and responsibility for systems or significant components from start to finish.

• Propel technical direction and impact product decisions.

• Navigate effectively through uncertainty and establish clear pathways forward.

• Mentor fellow engineers and enhance engineering standards.

• Develop, release, and sustain features and systems that support mission-critical environments.

• Contribute to decisions regarding system design, architecture, and implementation.

• Work collaboratively with engineering, product, and design teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Identify and minimize ambiguity in product and technical requirements.

• Debug, optimize, and support production systems (including participation in on-call rotation).

• Integrate with existing defense systems while ensuring interoperability and compliance with security standards.

• Contribute to and support the open-source ecosystems we rely on.

• Create and maintain technical documentation (designs, runbooks, user guides).

• Participate in a shared 24x7 on-call rotation, managing incident response, troubleshooting, and coordination to ensure reliable production systems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering.

• Proficiency in Go or other contemporary programming languages.

• Strong grasp of system design, APIs, databases, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.).

• Experience in building tools focused on the software lifecycle and delivery.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts (Controllers, Operators, CRDs).

• Experience with supply chain security (SBOMs, signing, scanning, etc.).

• Background in contributing to open-source projects (CNCF, ASF, OpenSSF, etc.) is highly advantageous.

• Ability to tackle complex problems and deliver practical, scalable solutions.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision.

• Premiums are fully covered by the company.

• Health Savings Account.

• Life Insurance.

• Disability Insurance.

• 401k Retirement Plan.

• Company Stock Options.

• Home Office Budget.

• Flexible Time Off (FTO).

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Reimbursement for approved training and subscriptions.

• Coverage for conferences (travel, lodging, and fees).