Backend Platform Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Application for a Backend Platform Engineer role at Usul, 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.

🏢 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.

🎯 The Role

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.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Build the core platform infrastructure that world governments will use daily to acquire any technology at the speed of relevance.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 2-8 YOE backend infra experience
• Experience with several of the following: Python, DevOps, Bash, Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/GCP, and agentic/LLM tooling.
• Has passion for solving mission-critical national security problems

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Bonus: Typescript

🎁 Benefits

Salary range: $180K – $240K • 0.05% – 0.5%

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

On-site at San Francisco/DC