Senior Software Engineer

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantagedomain dominance. The companys products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN) empowering warfighters commercial air operators and border protection teams to act faster adapt rapidly and stay ahead of evolving threats.

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors including 8VC Accel and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington D.C. San Francisco San Diego Seattle and London. For more information please visit .

The Role

Were looking for a software engineer to build the backend systems that power our sensor infrastructure the services that ingest process and serve data from radar RF and other sensing systems at scale. Youll design and operate cloud-native systems on Azure working alongside systems hardware and software engineers in a small team with high autonomy.

This is an early-stage role with outsized impact. Youll define architecture decisions ship production code and see your work protecting peoples lives.

What Youll Do
- Design and build scalable backend services in Python that process and serve sensor data on Azure
- Architect cloud infrastructure for high-throughput low-latency data pipelines
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines testing infrastructure and release processes
- Work directly with hardware and systems engineering teams to integrate software with physical sensor systems
- Define software architecture decisions as a foundational member of the team
- Mentor engineers as the team grows
- Travel periodically to other offices (LA DC) and customer sites

Requirements
- 3 years of professional software development experience
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Experience designing and operating scalable backend systems in cloud environments (Azure strongly preferred)
- Track record of building and supporting production systems youve been on-call debugged outages and shipped under pressure
- Proficiency with modern engineering practices: git unit testing CI/CD code review
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen or permanent resident) required for access to controlled technology
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Strongly Preferred
- Experience at a top-tier technology company building systems at scale
- Background building data-intensive pipelines streaming architectures or real-time systems
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and cloud-native architecture on Azure
- Interest in defense aerospace or national security technology

Nice to Have
- Active Secret or Top Secret clearance
- TypeScript/React frontend experience
- 2D/3D data visualization (mapping geospatial point clouds)
- Software Defined Radio or RF/IQ data processing experience
- Sensor development background (radars EO/IR EW sensor fusion)
- Additional languages: Rust Java Bash
- COTS hardware integration experience

Why CHAOS

• Health Benefits: Medical dental and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: 401k ( 50% company match up to 6% of pay) FSA HSA life insurance and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch No meeting Fridays unlimited PTO casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries generous pre-IPO stock option grants relocation assistance and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 250 employees and counting across 5 global offices

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus equity and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations.

Recruiting Agencies: CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach. Unsolicited submissions will not be reviewed or compensated.

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