Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)

Own mission-critical software in a team focused on protecting the United States and its allies, with the speed of software-defined command and control. Anduril’s Strategic Defense team builds capabilities that can see, decide, and act faster than any human operator could alone, while you collaborate across autonomy, tracking, simulation and wargaming, hardware, systems engineering, and test and evaluation.

This role is based in Huntsville, AL (onsite) and supports continued delivery of accredited fire control systems fielded rapidly and at scale. Expect 10 - 30% travel with the team to build, test, and deploy real-world capabilities where they are needed most.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next
• Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers, considered part of Anduril’s total compensation package

Responsibilities

• 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 turn needs into features quickly while balancing user experience and engineering constraints
• Travel 10 - 30% with the team to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world

Requirements

• Currently possesses and can maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance (or higher)
• 3 - 8+ years writing production software in languages such as C++, Rust, Go, or Python used by real users or systems
• Experience owning a feature or service end-to-end, including design, implementation, deployment, and responding when it breaks
• Comfort debugging problems in code you did not write and systems you did not design
• Ability to explain technical tradeoffs to non-software-engineering stakeholders such as operators, hardware engineers, and customers

Technologies

• C++
• Rust
• Go
• Python

About the job

This application is for experienced coders with 3+ years of experience. The process includes live coding interviews and this position requires active clearance.

• Write code side-by-side with elite peers to solve problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics
• Make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs to ensure Anduril products achieve desired outcomes in ambiguous situations
• Work hand-in-hand with powerhouse teams in AI, Edge Hardware, Space Solutions, Networking, and Test Engineering to build end-to-end systems

Preferred qualifications

• 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 touches physical hardware
• Experience building software solutions with significant data processing and analysis
• Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Math, or Physics
• Willing to travel up to 20% to Asia Pacific

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