Mission Software Engineer

Anduril; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings plans

Paid time off

Professional development support

Job summary

A defense technology company in Amsterdam is looking for a Mission Software Engineer to lead critical software development. In this role, you will design, develop, and deploy complex mission software solutions, ensuring integration with third-party systems. Ideal candidates have a strong engineering background, experience in significant data processing, and a passion for impactful software. Benefits include competitive salary, health insurance, retirement plans, and professional development support.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background from industry or academia.
• Experience building software solutions with data processing and analysis.
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems.
• Experience in a customer-facing role.
• Desire to work on critical software with real-world impact.
• Willingness to travel to client sites.
• Eligible for NATO clearance.

Responsibilities

• Champion Anduril capabilities within customer environments.
• Develop architecture and mission vignettes.
• Optimize performance over degraded networks.
• Develop connectors and APIs for integration.
• Deploy software to non-standard environments.
• Create data-flow pipelines across networked systems.

Skills

Strong engineering background

Software solutions involving data processing

Ability to navigate complex systems

Customer-facing role experience

Desire to work on critical software

Willingness to travel

Eligible for NATO clearance

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Mission Software Engineering team builds, deploys, integrates, extends, and scales Anduril’s software to deliver mission‑critical capabilities to our customers.

About the Job

As a Mission Software Engineer in our new Netherlands office, you will help establish Anduril’s engineering presence across Europe and lead mission‑critical software development from the ground up. You will design, develop, and deploy complex mission software solutions that enable third‑party systems to integrate with Anduril products, tackling intricate technical problems and making pragmatic engineering trade‑offs.

What You’ll Do

• Championship for Anduril capabilities within customer environments.
• Develop architecture and mission vignettes.
• Iterate on core data mesh technology to optimize performance over degraded networks.
• Develop connectors and APIs for legacy and cutting‑edge systems to integrate with Lattice.
• Deploy software to non‑standard environments.
• Create data‑flow pipelines that span horizontally and vertically across disparate networked systems and security domains.

Required Qualifications

• Strong engineering background from industry or academia, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
• Experience building software solutions involving significant data processing and analysis.
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
• Experience working in a customer‑facing role.
• A desire to work on critical software with real‑world impact.
• Willingness to travel to client sites.
• Eligible for NATO clearance.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: estimates based on factors such as experience and education; equity grants are included in most full‑time offers. Benefits include health insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off, and additional professional development support.

Acknowledging our commitment to equal opportunity, Anduril Industries does not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under applicable law.