Senior Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure

Who we are

Picogrid builds hardware and software infrastructure to connect and control the systems that power critical industries. Our platform unifies sensors, platforms, and operators to power mission planning, autonomous system control, and real-time decision-making.

We partner directly with operators, technology companies, and federal agencies to deliver rapidly deployable, mission-critical capabilities where they’re needed most, often on short timelines and in challenging conditions. Our technology is trusted in active operations, not just test environments, and we move quickly to close real-world capability gaps for those on the front lines.

Joining Picogrid means working on high-impact problems at the intersection of autonomy, national security, and cutting-edge technology. You’ll be part of a small, elite team that builds and ships systems used by the leading organizations around the world. We operate with urgency, ownership, and a deep respect for the mission.

Picogrid is building out our vendor-neutral data integration layer, Legion. Legion is a platform that connects government and commercial systems across various domains and command layers for mission autonomy and base defense. The Legion team is at the heart of Picogrid. We are creating mission-capable systems that serve the warfighter in all environments and domains. On the Legion team, you will be constantly innovating building resilient, scalable, and flexible systems that will shape the future of defense capabilities by building a robust self-service integration platform. If you’re passionate about building technology that supports the warfighter, first responders, and commercial customers, we want to hear from you.

As an Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer within the Core Platform Engineering team, you are essential in automating and scaling the systems and services that power our streaming platform. You will work with our platform engineering, edge applications, and client teams and work on projects related to infrastructure automation, scaling, CICD, hybrid deployments, driving them forward to completion and ensuring that the platform processes, automation and best practices are being followed. In collaboration with other engineers, you develop tools and systems that support services and facilitate high-quality software delivery. It is also expected that you will participate in general backend development as needed to support the general product.

• 4+ years of experience working in production-level environments as an Infrastructure/DevOps Engineer

• Experienced in automation and making reusable patterns and solutions.

• Experienced in GitOps practices and CI/CD, especially tools like ArgoCD, Jenkins, and GHA and including Infrastructure automation within CI/CD

• You have a passion for supporting and empowering software development teams.

• Experienced with AWS, coupled with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, Cloud Formation, CDK

• At least 3+ years working with different programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, Typescript/Javascript, etc.

• Experience managing containerized infrastructure in ECS or Kubernetes and developing & maintaining helm charts

• Experience working with and guiding Software Engineers in production best practices, sharing knowledge across teams and teammates.

• Bare Metal Infrastructure: On prem deployments consisting of Installing & Hardening Linux, Deploying docker compose stacks

• The ability to obtain and maintain a US Top Secret Security Clearance

• Familiarity with relational databases like PostgreSQL, and non-relational databases such as DynamoDB.

• Familiarity with with Cloud Native Concepts such as CNCF.io

• Knowledge, or working in regulated industries such as financial services, medical, US government

• DoD STIG and SRG Compliance, CIS Benchmark hardening

• Familiarity with Security programs such as FedRamp, NIST SP800-53, NIST SP800-171, CMMC, CSFC

• Experience working in DOD IL5+, Top Secret, and JWICS environments

• Proficiency in Go

• Familiarity with AWS Lambda

• Supporting embedded systems such as SOM/SOC SBC such as Nvidia Jetson, AMD.

• Familiarity with with IOT fleet management systems: AWS GreenGrass, Balena, Mender

• Building embedded systems images using Yocoto

• You are someone who has a bias towards action. You take ownership of situations even if you don’t “own” the area in question.

• You have an ownership mentality, you own the full problem space from initial thought through to delivery.

• You build opinions and champion those opinions based on personal experience, customer interactions/feedback, or other data.

• You are naturally curious and strive to learn more.

• You do the right thing, you don’t wait to be told

• You have experience or general interest in the defense industry, whether that's professional experience at a company or you were an operator on the ground

• You maintain a product mindset, you don’t just build things to pump up your ego, you build for the customer and ensure you are building as a means to solve a problem

Export Control Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.