Job Overview
Job description
- Salary:
- USD 180,000 - 240,000 per year
- Location:
- San Francisco Office, United States
- Work arrangement:
- On-site
Backend Platform Engineer at usul in San Francisco Office, United States.
About the Company
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
- Offer!
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- Role:
- Backend Platform Engineer
- Job Type:
- FullTime
Company profile
usul
usul.comUsul is an AI platform that helps companies win government contracts across 60+ allied nations, serving Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups. Its AI ranks contracts by match score so contractors can focus on opportunities that fit their capabilities, drawing on data sources from SAM.gov to NATO and international portals. Usul describes itself as a Silicon Valley AI lab whose team includes Stanford dropouts, MIT AI scientists and Tier-1 Special Forces Operators.
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