--- title: 'Senior/Staff Software Engineer, DevOps at TurbineOne' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-devops-turbineone-remote-gx78v5qwgxhb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Senior/Staff Software Engineer, DevOps at TurbineOne - **Company:** TurbineOne - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/turbineone/jobs/5389687008 ## Job description Senior/Staff Software Engineer, DevOps Location: Remote (Home Office Anywhere in the United States) Travel: Approximately 2–4 times per year ## About TurbineOne TurbineOne is the frontline perception company, delivering decision advantage, enhanced situational awareness, and stronger force protection for those operating in complex environments. Our customers rely on us to automate the right parts of the military intelligence cycle while keeping humans in the loop where it matters most. We're a fast-moving, high-performance startup backed by leading DefenseTech investors, building technology that directly impacts mission success. If you're excited by difficult engineering problems, ownership, and building systems that operate at the edge, we'd love to talk. ## The Role At TurbineOne, DevOps is a software engineering discipline. Our team builds the automation, platforms, and internal systems that enable engineers to build, test, release, and operate software deployed on edge hardware around the world. One of our highest priorities is expanding our automated testing infrastructure for remotely accessible edge devices. This role will take significant ownership of that initiative while contributing broadly across our DevOps roadmap. We're looking for experienced engineers from backgrounds including: - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) - Production Engineering - CI/CD Engineering - Build & Release Engineering - Developer Infrastructure - Platform Engineering - Test Infrastructure If you've built internal platforms that enable other engineers to move faster, you'll likely be a strong fit. ## What You'll Do - Design, implement, and operate production-quality infrastructure with significant autonomy. - Build automated testing infrastructure for software running across heterogeneous edge hardware. - Make tests reproducible and failures easy to diagnose across diverse hardware platforms. - Enable Product Engineering and QA teams to contribute automated tests while DevOps owns and evolves the automation platform. - Improve CI/CD pipelines, build and release systems, deployment automation, developer tooling, and platform reliability. - Identify high-leverage engineering opportunities, define technical approaches, write production software, and drive major initiatives from ambiguity to successful operation. - Partner closely with engineering teams to improve developer productivity and software quality. ## What We're Looking For Required Qualifications - Demonstrated Senior- or Staff-level impact designing, building, and owning software systems. We value scope, ownership, and technical leadership over a specific number of years. - Strong programming ability in at least one production language, with the ability to work comfortably across languages and technology stacks. - Python and Bash are commonly used in our automation. - Our product stack is primarily Go and TypeScript. - Experience in one or more infrastructure-focused disciplines, including: - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) - Production Engineering - ## CI/CD - Build & Release - Developer Infrastructure - Platform Engineering - Test Infrastructure - Strong experience with Linux, containers, networking, software delivery pipelines, and operational troubleshooting. - Practical experience designing or supporting automated testing at the unit, integration, end-to-end, or system level. - Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, make sound technical tradeoffs, collaborate across teams, and deliver results with minimal oversight. Bonus Points Experience in any of the following areas is especially valuable: - Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing - Test infrastructure platforms - Remote device fleet orchestration - Edge or embedded systems - Performance testing - Chaos engineering - Internal platform observability - Distributed systems operating at scale ## Compensation We believe exceptional talent should be rewarded competitively. The base salary range for this position is $240,000–$280,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on several factors, including experience, technical expertise, demonstrated impact, geographic location, and overall alignment with the role. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for equity participation and a comprehensive benefits package. Our Culture We're a small, fully remote team where ownership matters. Success at TurbineOne means being comfortable with: - Taking initiative without waiting for direction. - Moving quickly while maintaining engineering quality. - Communicating openly and collaborating across teams. - Sharing failures, learning rapidly, and continuously improving. - Embracing ambiguity and solving hard problems. - Building what needs to exist rather than waiting for someone else to build it. We believe exceptional teams are built on trust, autonomy, accountability, and a willingness to tackle difficult problems together. Eligibility Applicants must be eligible to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance. ## About TurbineOne ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: TurbineOne delivers real-time, edge-based machine learning for threat detection and decision advantage on the frontlines of national security. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series Unknown, funded $55M+) - **Headquarters**: United States (remote-first company) - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Matt Amacker (CEO), Ian Kalin (Chief of Mission & Operations), Ed Padinske (CTO), Dan Portillo (Investor & Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Defense technology / National security AI - **Target Customers**: U.S. Department of Defense, frontline military units, intelligence agencies (B2G) - **Mission Statement**: Deliver the best Mission‑AI to the nation’s frontlines ## Products & Services - **Frontline Perception System (FPS)**: A hardware‑agnostic, edge‑native machine‑learning platform that ingests sensor data from any vendor to provide real‑time threat detection, targeting, force protection, and autonomous coordination. Designed for fully disconnected, no‑cloud environments. [turbineone.com](https://www.turbineone.com/) ## Market Standing - **Funding Raised**: $55M+ (date not specified; listed on company About page) - **Key Metric**: Technology Readiness Level 9 (TRL‑9) – field‑deployed and operational - **Notable Investors/Partners**: The General Partnership (VC firm anchored by Reid Hoffman), multiple awarded DoD contracts (20+) - **Growth Signals**: 135+ employees, 55% veterans on the team, 50+ military units supported, 20+ awarded DoD contracts, patents awarded to co‑founding engineers ## Competitive Advantages - **Edge‑First ML**: Runs entirely offline – no cloud dependency, models work in disconnected, contested environments - **Hardware Agnostic**: Integrates with virtually any external sensor system, enabling interoperability across different platforms - **Ethics‑First Approach**: Established an ethics policy before writing any code, prioritizing responsible AI use and non‑partisan national security - **Deep Veteran & Defense Expertise**: 55% of the team are veterans, providing direct operational insight and credibility ## Strategic Focus - **Mission Autonomy**: Enabling autonomous systems to communicate and coordinate threat detection across every platform and sensor - **Accelerating the Targeting Cycle**: Automating sensor monitoring to free analysts for higher‑value decision‑making - **Expanding Force Protection**: Continuous automated scanning of all sensor feeds for instant threat alerts (bases, forces, borders) ## Why Work Here - **Remote‑First & Fully Remote**: All employees work remotely, with optional in‑office in Washington, DC area - **Mission‑Driven Culture**: “Our software can save lives” – work directly supports frontline operators, with meaningful impact - **Generous Benefits**: Medical, dental, vision; parental leave; work travel opportunities; transparent and equitable compensation policies - **Engineering Environment**: Build cutting‑edge ML, mesh networking, and sensing tech for the edge; strong emphasis on grit, accountability, and customer partnership - **Diverse Backgrounds**: Mix of Silicon Valley software veterans and military operators – “two worlds collide” ## Sources 1. [turbineone.com – Company Overview](https://www.turbineone.com/) 2. [turbineone.com – About Page](https://www.turbineone.com/about) 3. [turbineone.com – Careers Page](https://www.turbineone.com/careers) 4. [Greenhouse Job Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/turbineone) 5. 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