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Question 1 of 3Hiring now
56
open professional roles
78
opened in the last 90 days
96 in the last 12 months
65%
of roles are remote
6
states hiring
Virginia, California, Colorado, Texas, New York, Oregon
What it hires for: Engineering (52), Sales (10), Marketing (7), Operations (3), Legal (1). By level: senior ic (33), director (27), mid level (13), early career (11), entry level (8).
Where: United States - Remote (26), Remote (17), Remote, United States (10), United States, Remote (9), United States (5), Springfield, VA (4), Springfield, VA, USA (4), San Antonio, Texas (2).
Main hubs: Springfield, VA (4). Open a city for its job market, layoffs and training.
Where Springfield, VA ranks
Where Springfield, VA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for mid-career professionals76% · of 100
- #1Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Mid-Atlantic76% · of 85
- #1Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Southeast76% · of 87
- #11Best cities for pay after cost of living in Virginia$129k · of 15
- #13Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Southeast54 / 100 · of 33
- #14Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Mid-Atlantic55 / 100 · of 37
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Defense Unicorns in the industry job lists
Where Defense Unicorns places in our weekly lists of the employers hiring in each industry, kept month by month.
November 2026
- #22Highest-paying manufacturing employers$175k · of 25
Defense Unicorns hiring at a glance
- We have tracked Defense Unicorns's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 97 professional roles in that time.
- 13 of Defense Unicorns's 47 open roles (28%) are entry-level or early-career.
- 9 open roles (19%) ask for a specific AI skill; tools named include Vector DBs (Pinecone etc.), Claude, LangChain/LangGraph, LlamaIndex.
- Of the 32 open roles that state where the work happens, 31 remote, 1 on-site.
- Among open roles, 14 require a security clearance.
- 65% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 35% for Technology & Software employers.
- 3 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 41 days ago.
- By open professional roles, Defense Unicorns ranks #421 of 1,821 Technology & Software employers we track.
What Defense Unicorns asks for
Skills named most often in open roles
- aws 39
- azure 39
- gcp 39
- kubernetes 39
- terraform 39
- ci/cd 16
- python 8
- linux 7
- quota 7
- devops 6
AI tools named: Vector DBs (Pinecone etc.) (2), Claude (1), LangChain/LangGraph (1), LlamaIndex (1), OpenAI API/GPT (1).
How Defense Unicorns compares with Technology & Software employers
| Measure | Defense Unicorns | Median employer |
|---|---|---|
| Open professional roles | 47 | 19 |
| Roles that post a salary range | 65% | 35% |
| Roles that are remote | 65% | 3% |
Median across 1,781 Technology & Software employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.
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What Defense Unicorns pays
Across 62 postings with a posted range, pay is above the market range for the same roles. 65% of its roles post a salary range.
| Level | Function | Typical posted range | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| IC | Engineering | $148,750–$201,250 | 16 |
| IC | Sales | $120,000–$140,000 | 6 |
Only salary ranges the employer posted. No estimates.
Conferences where Defense Unicorns appears
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Common questions
- Is Defense Unicorns hiring?
- Defense Unicorns has 56 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 78 opened in the last 90 days and 96 in the last 12 months. The most common function is engineering.
- How well does Defense Unicorns pay?
- Across 62 postings with a posted salary range, Defense Unicorns's pay is above the market range for the same roles. We compare each posted range with the market range for the same title, function and area.
- Does Defense Unicorns hire entry-level candidates?
- Yes. 13 of Defense Unicorns's 47 open roles (28%) are entry-level or early-career. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.
- Does Defense Unicorns offer remote or hybrid jobs?
- Of the 32 open roles that state where the work happens, 31 remote, 1 on-site.
- What skills does Defense Unicorns ask for?
- Across its open roles the skills named most often are aws (39), azure (39), gcp (39), kubernetes (39), terraform (39), ci/cd (16).
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