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Usul is a Silicon Valley AI lab focused on helping America and its allies acquire technology at speed. Founded by Stanford dropouts, MIT AI scientists, and Tier-1 Special Forces operators, the company has already won US Defense contracts and helped Global 500 companies including RTX, BAE Systems, and Palantir secure $12B in contracts across 30 NATO nations.
In this role, you will be a backend platform engineer building core platform infrastructure that world governments will use daily to acquire technology at the speed of relevance. You'll work on mission-critical national security problems alongside founding engineers and the CTO.
The interview process includes a 15-minute screening with founding engineers, a 15-minute culture fit conversation with the CTO (Joon), a 3-hour technical interview, and an on-site component in San Francisco or DC, followed by an offer.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2–8 years of experience in backend infrastructure
- Experience with several of: Python, DevOps, Bash, Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/GCP, and agentic/LLM tooling
- Bonus: TypeScript
- Passion for solving mission-critical national security problems
- Bonus: TS/SCI or Secret Clearance
- Bonus: Prior government project experience
- Bonus: Familiarity with React, Next.js, TypeScript
