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Technical Staff: DevOps Engineer

🏢 Usul · 📍 San Francisco Office · 💼 onsite · ⏰ FullTime
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Position Summary & Responsibilities

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

Bonuses

  • Holds a TS/SCI or Secret Clearance

  • Has worked on government projects before

  • Familiarity with React, NextJS, Typescript

About the interview

  • 15-minute screening with our Founding Engineers

  • 15-minute Culture Fit with Joon (CTO)

  • 3-hour Technical Interview

  • On-site at San Francisco/DC

  • Offer!

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Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Assesses rigorous technical depth, autonomous problem-solving, and a pragmatic approach to early-stage product execution.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Over-engineering simple solutions or relying on heavy enterprise bureaucracy.
  • 2. Waiting for explicit instructions rather than proposing proactive solutions during case studies.
  • 3. Weak fundamental grasp of core computer science or operational principles.
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