Who We Are
Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.
What We Do
We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.
Who We Serve
Defense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.
What We Work On
Kubernetes
Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
GitOps
Containers
CNCF projects and open source products and packages
Helm/Kustomize-Value Stream Mapping
Building and improving security delivery
Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications
Benefits Our Unicorns Enjoy
Health:
Medical/Dental/Vision
Premiums are 100% Company Paid
Health Savings Account
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Financial:
401k Retirement Plan
Company Stock Options
Home Office Budget
Leave:
We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s
Paid Parental Leave
Learning:
Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every requirement listed.
At Defense Unicorns, we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
CCPA DISCLOSURE
| Role | Location | Salary | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Director - ArmyDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-10-14 |
| Mission Director - ArmyDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-10-14 |
| Product ManagerDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-10-14 |
| Director of Federal OperationsDefense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-10-14 |
| Mission Director - SpaceDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-10-14 |
| Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager, Edge (SMM193)Defense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-10-14 |
| Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager, Edge (SMM194)Defense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-10-14 |
| Business Development Representative - US Space ForceDefense Unicorns · United States | United States | — | 2026-10-13 |
| Business Development Representative - NavyDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-10-13 |
| Business Development Representative - ArmyDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-10-13 |
| Senior Platform Engineer (FedD144)Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-10-10 |
| Business Development Representative - CyberDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-10-08 |
| Software Engineer - Software Defined Networking (SDN)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-10-02 |
| Mission Director - Space (FedS171B)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-09-30 |
| Senior Data Engineer (FedD238)Defense Unicorns · Springfield, VA | Springfield, VA | — | 2026-09-29 |
| Senior Platform Engineer (FedD239)Defense Unicorns · Springfield, VA | Springfield, VA | — | 2026-09-29 |
| Technical Lead/Platform Solutions Architect (FedD236)Defense Unicorns · Springfield, VA | Springfield, VA | — | 2026-09-29 |
| Technical Mission Director (FedD235)Defense Unicorns · Springfield, VA | Springfield, VA | — | 2026-09-29 |
| Senior Software Engineer - UDS Registry Team (RD119)Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-09-25 |
| Mission Director - USASOC (FedS059)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-09-23 |
| Senior Platform EngineerDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-09-22 |
| FDE Data Engineer- Space (FedD141/FedD147)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-09-19 |
| Senior Engineering Manager (RD165)Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-09-19 |
| Director of Discovery & FramingDefense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-09-17 |
| IT Systems & Security Engineer (CedD225)Defense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-09-16 |
| Senior IT Systems & Security Engineer (CedD226)Defense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-09-16 |
| Account Executive — Autonomous Systems (ComS056)Defense Unicorns · San Francisco and Los Angeles CA | San Francisco and Los Angeles CA | — | 2026-09-10 |
| Account Executive - Commercial (ComS114)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-09-10 |
| Platform EngineerDefense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-09-04 |
| Senior Mission Manager (FedD167)Defense Unicorns · Oahu, Hawaii | Oahu, Hawaii | — | 2026-09-04 |
| Mission Director - CyberDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-09-04 |
| Mission AssociateDefense Unicorns · Remote - McLean, VA | Remote - McLean, VA | — | 2026-09-03 |
| Platform EngineerDefense Unicorns · San Antonio, Texas | San Antonio, Texas | — | 2026-09-02 |
| Platform Engineer (FedD145)Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-09-01 |
| Platform EngineerDefense Unicorns · San Antonio, Texas | San Antonio, Texas | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Senior Solutions Architect (FedS063)Defense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Senior Platform Engineer (FedD202)Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-08-27 |
| Marketing Content Manager (SMM210)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-26 |
| Mission Director - Air ForceDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-21 |
| Mission Director - CyberDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-21 |
| Mission Director - SpaceDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-21 |
| Solution Architect - Autonomous Systems & Industrial Base (ComS058)Defense Unicorns · San Francisco Or Los Angeles, CA | San Francisco Or Los Angeles, CA | — | 2026-08-21 |
| Mission Director - Army NGC2 (FedD075)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-20 |
| Mission Director - Intelligence CommunityDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-20 |
| Mission Director - Navy, Mission SystemsDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-20 |
| SkillBridge Intern - Technical Product Marketing Manager (SMM192)Defense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-08-12 |
| Hackathons - Team Lead (FedD068)Defense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-08-12 |
| Platform EngineerDefense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-11 |
| Director Of Space Operations (FedD190)Defense Unicorns · Remote | Remote | — | 2026-08-08 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous and Unmanned Systems (FedD178)Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-08-07 |
| Technical Lead - Autonomous & Unmanned Systems (FedD179)Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-08-07 |
| Platform Engineer - FedD180/FedD181Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-08-05 |
| Senior Software Engineer - UDS Foundations Team (RD182B)Defense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-08-05 |
| Proposal Manager (FedS132B)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-05 |
| Solutions Architect - TS/SCI CI Polygraph (FedS062)Defense Unicorns · National Capital Region | National Capital Region | — | 2026-08-05 |
| Software Engineer (FedD105)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-05 |
| Solutions Architect - Pre-Sales (FedD154)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-05 |
| Data Engineer (FedD024)Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote | United States - Remote | — | 2026-08-05 |
| SkillBridge Intern - Mission ManagerDefense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-08-05 |
| SkillBridge Intern - Platform EngineerDefense Unicorns · Remote, United States | Remote, United States | — | 2026-08-05 |