Classified Platform Engineer

LinuxCareers; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Classified Platform Engineer to serve as technical lead for the classified software team. You will design and build platform services and user-facing apps enabling multi-level classified computing in fully air-gapped environments.

You will lead architecture decisions, implement production React/Go apps, manage S3 storage interfaces, and drive DevSecOps with GitOps pipelines while ensuring accreditation and security compliance.

Qualifications

• Production React/TypeScript web applications experience.
• Backend services in Go.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or CockroachDB including schema design and migrations.
• Containerization with Podman/Docker and Kubernetes; GitOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Linux OS experience (RHEL/Rocky/Ubuntu).
• Leadership in architecture, design/code reviews, and team direction.
• Eligibility for US Top Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead for the classified software and platform team: own the architecture of the application portfolio, set engineering standards, and make tradeoff decisions.
• Design and build production web applications in React and Go in air-gapped accredited environments.
• Develop and work with S3 storage APIs and policies, and design relational and distributed datastores for auth decisions and audits.
• Own the DevSecOps path to production: containerize and deploy to Kubernetes via GitOps CI/CD pipelines with scanning and accreditation evidence.
• Decompose multi-quarter programs into well-scoped work, mentor engineers through design/code reviews, partner with Cybersecurity and stakeholders to deliver on schedule.

Skills

React/TypeScript front-end

Go backend

Relational databases

Kubernetes

GitOps/CI-CD

Linux systems

Architectural leadership

Top Secret Clearance

Tools

Podman

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

CockroachDB

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Classified Platform Engineer to serve as the technical lead for their classified software team. You will design and build platform services and user-facing applications enabling multi-level classified computing, including virtual desktop infrastructure, storage gateways, and access control administrative interfaces, working in fully air-gapped accredited environments.

What You'll Do

• Act as technical lead for the classified software and platform team: own the architecture of the application portfolio, set engineering standards, and make tradeoff decisions
• Design and build production web applications in React and Go operating fully air-gapped inside accredited classified environments
• Develop and work with S3 storage APIs and policies, plus design relational and distributed datastores for authorization decisions and audit records
• Own the DevSecOps path to production: containerize and deploy to Kubernetes through GitOps CI/CD pipelines that scan, sign, and produce accreditation evidence
• Decompose multi-quarter programs into well-scoped work, grow engineers through design review and code review, and partner with Cybersecurity and stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver on schedule

What You Need

• Professional experience building and shipping production web applications with React or a comparable modern front-end framework and TypeScript
• Professional experience developing backend services in Go
• Experience designing and working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or CockroachDB, including schema design, migrations, and query performance
• Experience with containerization and container orchestration (Podman or Docker, and Kubernetes), and with GitOps and CI/CD pipelines in an Agile development process
• Knowledge and experience with Linux Operating Systems such as RHEL, Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu
• Experience leading technical work: owning system architecture, reviewing designs and code of others, setting direction for a small team, and communicating clearly in design documents and decision records
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a US Top Secret Clearance with customer approval

Nice to Have

• Experience with virtual desktop infrastructure or application and desktop brokering (e.g. Citrix, Omnissa/VMware Horizon, Leostream, Apache Guacamole, Kasm), and with virtualization orchestrated through Kubernetes such as KubeVirt
• Experience implementing authorization systems (RBAC, ABAC, or relationship-based models), integrating applications against an external policy decision point, and Policy as Code tools such as OPA, Oso, Cedar, or Kyverno
• Experience with S3-compatible object storage APIs, POSIX filesystem semantics, or FUSE
• Experience building software for air-gapped or network-isolated environments, including dependency vendoring and offline builds
• Experience with DevSecOps supply-chain security practices including SBOM generation, artifact signing, and provenance attestation
• Proficiency with core security concepts including encryption, authentication, identity and access management, and Zero-Trust Architecture, plus understanding of NIST SP 800-53 controls
• Experience with observability tooling: structured logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
• Experience as a tech lead or founding engineer on a product team, including establishing engineering practices from scratch and onboarding new engineers

Salary range $166,000–$220,000 USD (base salary only). Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers and are considered part of total compensation. Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.