Air Defense Software Lead — Scale, Deliver Autonomy

Andurilindustries; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Software Engineering Lead for the Air Defense Engineering Team. You will own the operational success of a large software organization, scale team output, and align delivery with business goals.

You will drive sprints, release readiness, and cross-team collaboration with internal and external partners to deploy autonomous systems. Mentoring engineers, defining roadmaps, and removing blockers will be core as you translate strategy into executable

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background preferably as a Software Engineer and/or Lead/Manager.
• Experience with multiple programming languages such as C++, Rust, Python, and Golang.
• Extensive experience with Agile methods and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to own, track, and drive execution of sprints and Jira boards.
• Strong process and organization skills.
• Strong written / verbal communication skills.
• Ability to describe and figure out the shape of a problem and work through a solution.
• Experience running projects and processes with little oversight; can unblock themselves.
• Highly developed analytical and communication skills.
• High grit, proactive, and enthusiastic.

Responsibilities

• Lead software sprints and drive release readiness while maintaining code quality across multiple sprint teams within the division.
• Manage the development and deployment of major, minor, and patch releases for multiple products and programs.
• Mentor a small team of engineers to foster strong development processes and practices as well as scale future leaders.
• Collaborate with internal team members and external partners to build technologies and processes which enable users to safely and rapidly develop and deploy autonomous systems.
• Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team software projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives. Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams.
• Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive successful program execution and team velocity across groups of software teams and more broadly across departments. Be an effective proxy in program and organizational matters to help engineering leads scale.
• Drive, track, and communicate the progress of technical deliverables for the team or group’s key programs. Define efficient processes for communicating group program status more broadly.
• Help to define the roadmap for the Air Defense Software team while working with partner engineering teams to ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well understood and that programs and staffing are aligned with the roadmap.
• Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that require broader initiatives to resolve.
• Identify, resolve, elevate key cross team dependencies.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities.

Skills

C++

Rust

Python

Golang

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Software Engineering Lead for the Air Defense Engineering Team. You will own the operational success of a large software organization, scale team output, and align delivery with business goals.

You will drive sprints, release readiness, and cross-team collaboration with internal and external partners to deploy autonomous systems. Mentoring engineers, defining roadmaps, and removing blockers will be core as you translate strategy into executable