FDE Data Engineer- Space (FedD141/FedD147)
Defense Unicorns · United States - Remote
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Defense Unicorns's roles stay open a median of 79 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 26% of Defense Unicorns's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Defense Unicorns
- high 50 stale, 3 reposted of 50 open
- Hiring momentum
- 76 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Defense Unicorns's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Defense Unicorns.
About this role
In this remote forward-deployed engineering role, you will collaborate closely with users and program engineers in Department of Defense environments to deploy and operate data capabilities. Your responsibilities include integrating data systems, building data pipelines, and ensuring data governance while adapting to various engagement complexities. You will also contribute to training and knowledge transfer to ensure mission teams can operate independently.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Defense Unicorns as an employer.
What you need
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
- Experience with unstructured data at scale and data lake architectures
- Experience with stream processing infrastructure (e.g., Kafka)
- Experience with open-source data warehousing platforms
- Experience with data pipelines and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow)
- Fluent in SQL and comfortable designing schemas
Nice to have
- Experience with data provenance, lineage, and governance
- DoD or defense program experience
- Active Secret clearance or higher
- Familiarity with Apache Iceberg or similar storage technologies
- Experience with Change Data Capture patterns
What you get
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
- Health Savings Account
- Life and disability insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- Company stock options
- Home office budget
Worth weighing
- No specific salary range mentioned in the posting, though a range is noted
- Role involves significant self-direction and independent problem-solving
- Engagements may require travel, but most work is remote
- The role is heavily dependent on collaboration with mission heroes, which may vary by project
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Listed by Defense Unicorns on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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