Defense Unicorns

Defense Unicorns builds software and engineering solutions to support government teams and technology partners. The company focuses on integrating emerging technologies into secure enterprise environments, with specific work in artificial intelligence and machine learning through the design, integration, and operationalization of AI agents and agentic workflows. Its services and systems are applied to help government clients turn AI capabilities into reliable, mission-relevant workflows.

The open roles indicate that Defense Unicorns is building engineering teams focused on AI engineering, forward-deployed engineering, and platform engineering. The available positions include a Senior Platform Engineer role located in Springfield, VA, reflecting a combination of onsite operational requirements and technical specialization in secure enterprise platforms.

The teams are structured to bridge the gap between AI concepts and production-ready systems, utilizing professionals who can work with large language models, agent frameworks, enterprise data, and developer tooling. The open roles show a need for senior-level engineering talent capable of moving prototypes into secure, repeatable capabilities that operate within controlled and classified environments.