Job Description
Job DescriptionDPP is seeking a Platform Engineer for an opportunity with our client in the cybersecurity industry.
Work Location: Fully remote
Work Authorization: US Citizen; must be able to obtain/maintain U.S. security clearance
Position Summary:
- As a Platform Engineer, you'll be the technical backbone of the company.
- You'll own the product architecture, write production code daily, and make the foundational technical decisions that everything else gets built on.
- This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role for someone who wants to build a company from the ground floor, with the maturity and ambition to grow into a CTO as we scale.
- This role is uniquely suited for someone at the intersection of:
- Deep, firsthand experience with the DoD's Authority to Operate (ATO) process.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals are necessary. Architect systems, ship production code, and building things that scale.
- A conviction that AI development tools are a force multiplier. You will use them daily.
Responsibilities:
- Own the full technical stack from day one — architecture, infrastructure, deployment, and product development.
- Build tools that make the ATO process faster, more transparent, and less painful for defense software teams.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) as a core part of your workflow.
- Collaborate directly with DoD stakeholders, compliance teams, and end users.
- Evaluate build-or-buy trade-offs, select the technology stack, and establish engineering practices.
- Contribute to security documentation, architecture diagrams, and compliance artifacts for government authorization.
Required Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship; capable of obtaining and holding a U.S. security clearance (active clearance is a plus).
- Direct experience with the DoD ATO process — you've shepherded a system through authorization, worked with ISSMs/ISSOs, or built tools in this space.
- 5+ years of professional software development with demonstrated ability to ship production systems.
- Proficiency with modern development stacks (cloud-native, containers, CI/CD, IaC) and at least one major language (Python, Go, TypeScript, Rust, etc.).
- Active and enthusiastic user of AI-powered development tools.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with NIST RMF, STIG compliance, or FedRAMP authorization frameworks.
- Prior work at a defense tech startup or DoD software factory (Kessel Run, Platform One, AI2C, Army SWF, etc.).
- Familiarity with GovCloud environments (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, IL4/IL5).
- Background in DevSecOps — automated security scanning, SBOM generation, continuous monitoring.
- Experience building or contributing to open-source compliance or security tooling.
Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button to learn more about this position (#26-01178).