Job description
ABOUT USUL Usul is a Silicon Valley AI lab helping America and its allies buy technology at the speed of Amazon Prime. We're Stanford dropouts, MIT AI scientists, and Tier-1 Special Forces Operators dedicating our lives to rebuilding the infrastructure that equips the Western world. We’re the youngest founders to ever win a US Defense contract.
Over the past year, we’ve helped Global 500 companies including RTX, BAE Systems, Palantir and Ukrainian drone manufacturers win $12B in contracts across 30 NATO nations. You’ll be a backend platform engineer building the core platform infrastructure that world governments will use daily to acquire any technology at the speed of relevance.
Who we’re looking for - 2-8 YOE backend infra experience
- Experience with several of the following: Python, DevOps, Bash, Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/GCP, and agentic/LLM tooling.
- Bonus: Typescript
- Has passion for solving mission-critical national security problems About the interview - 15-minute screening with Joon (CTO) or Oliver (CPO) - 30-minute Culture Fit with Jarren (CEO) - 3-hour Technical Interview with Joon (CTO)
- On-site at San Francisco/DC
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