Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense

Anduril Industries’ Strategic Defense team is focused on protecting the United States and its allies from ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats. In this role, you will help build software-defined command and control capabilities and the supporting systems that enable faster see, decide, and act performance for the integrated air and missile defense domain.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the team, you will write production software that scales mission capabilities, collaborate across engineering disciplines, and help deploy new capabilities in real-world settings. Eligibility for an active U.S. Secret security clearance is required.

What You’ll Do

• Own software solutions that are deployed to customers at the edge of innovation and necessity
• Write code to improve robust C2 products and scale mission capabilities to broaden impact
• Collaborate across multiple engineering teams to plan, build, and test functionality of complex systems
• Partner with end-users to convert needs into features quickly while balancing user experience and engineering constraints
• Travel 10–30% with the team to build, test, and deploy capabilities in real-world environments

Requirements

• 8–12+ years writing production software in languages such as C++, Rust, Go, or Python used by real users or dependent systems
• Experience owning a feature or service end-to-end, including design, implementation, deployment, and troubleshooting when it breaks
• Ability to debug issues in code you did not write and systems you did not design
• Comfort making engineering decisions with incomplete requirements, with willingness to revisit when real-world results differ
• Capability to explain technical tradeoffs to non-software audiences such as operators, hardware engineers, and customers
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Technologies

• C++
• Rust
• Go
• Python

About the Team

• The Strategic Defense team protects the United States and its allies from ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats
• Work includes building a software-defined command and control layer that can see, decide, and act faster than any human operator could alone
• Team coverage spans autonomy, tracking, simulation and wargaming, hardware, systems engineering, and test and evaluation to build an accredited fire control system fielded rapidly and at scale
• Frontier work includes incubating and maturing AI-native offerings for the integrated air and missile defense domain

About the Job

• This application is for established coders with 8+ years of experience who will complete live coding interviews
• The role does not require active clearance, but you must be eligible for a U.S. Secret clearance
• You will write code side-by-side with elite peers to solve problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more
• Responsibilities include crafting end-to-end systems that redefine mission success for major strategic capabilities
• Work will include partnering with teams in AI, Edge Hardware, Space Solutions, Networking, and Test Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• A desire to work on critical software with real-world impact
• Exposure to robotics, distributed systems, networking, or real-time systems
• Experience with mid and upper tier Air Defense Command and Control (C2) programs
• Experience where software interacts with physical hardware
• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
• Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Math, or Physics
• Willingness to travel up to 20% to Asia Pacific

Compensation and Location

• Location: Reston, VA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 191,000 - 292,000 per year
• Minimum experience: 8 years

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next

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