engineering
Posted May 8Senior Software Engineer - Rust
Remote
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance, distributed, software systems in Rust, targeting cloud-native as well as resource-constrained and edge computing environments
- Develop software/models systems that supports human-in-the-loop and human-on-the-loop autonomy workflows for distributed operations
- Build infrastructure enabling deterministic builds, reproducible environments, and configuration management to ensure traceability and maintainability
- Implement and maintain systems with over-the-air (OTA) update mechanisms for field-deployed systems - virtual machines, containers, and embedded packages
- Integrate software with microcontroller peripherals and hardware buses (SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, USB, AXI, etc.)
- Develop and execute comprehensive experiment and test strategies including: Unit testing
- Collaborate with mission heroes and multidisciplinary teams to deploy and sustain systems, supporting integration and various exercises and operational events
- Optimize systems for performance, reliability, power consumption, and maintainability Required
Requirements
- We are seeking a mission-driven Rust Software Engineer to build resilient software systems that enable human-machine-AI teaming and autonomous capabilities for military operators at the tactical edge.
- experience in software engineering, embedded systems, or firmware development - delivering production-grade product
- Strong proficiency in Rust -
- Experience integrating with microcontroller peripherals and hardware interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, USB, etc.)
- Familiarity with software design, algorithm implementation, debugging/testing/profiling, and performance optimization
- Working knowledge of:
- Networking protocols and technologies (TCP/UDP, BLE/LoRa, routing)
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret / SCI security clearance Preferred
- Experience developing autonomy, robotics, or human-machine-AI teaming systems •
- Experience applying machine learning techniques, including supervised/unsupervised learning, clustering, and classification •
- Experience with software-defined radio, MANET, and industrial/robotics communications systems •
- Experience contributing to open-source projects or industry standards bodies •
- Human-machine-AI collaboration systems operating around the globe
- experience delivering technology programs across the federal market. What We Do
- 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)
- Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications
Benefits
- experience in low-level, embedded or no_std environments a bonus •
- Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience.
- Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.
- Remote - USA $148,750 — $201,250 USD Who We Are
- 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
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Premiums are 100% Company Paid
- Health Reimbursement Account Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance Financial:
- 401k Retirement Plan
- 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:
Additional details
- In this role, you will design and implement high-performance systems in Rust that operate in constrained, contested environments.
- You will contribute across the full system lifecycle — from architecture and hardware integration through simulation, testing, and field deployment.
- You will work alongside engineers, researchers, and operators to develop systems that fuse sensing, autonomy, and decision support while ensuring traceable, deterministic builds and reliable deployments in mission-critical environments.
- This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy systems programming, autonomy, and solving real-world problems for national security missions. Responsibilities
- Participate in system architecture, network topologies, hardware part evaluation, and engineering reviews for both existing product revisions and new systems
- Distributed systems, data-distribution and network architectures
- Trust systems, certificate management, and encryption schemes
- Modern data patterns, CRDTs, offline-first, synchronization/replication
- Experience optimizing systems for speed, size, power consumption, and cost •
- Experience deploying systems in contested or disconnected edge environments What You’ll Work On