Forward Deployed Software Engineer, JBLM (Active Clearance)

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); Presencial; USD 166.000 - 253.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Software Engineer for the Mission Command team. You will own software solutions spanning mesh platforms, data interfaces, and release management deployed to customers, ensuring scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.

You will collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end capabilities for mission-critical applications, travel 10%–30% for field work, and contribute to world-class autonomy, AI, and distributed data solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Formación

• Active U.S. Secret Clearance is required.
• 3–10+ years of experience with multiple programming languages.
• Experience building data-heavy software solutions.
• Ability to navigate complex systems and established code bases.
• Desire to work on critical software with real-world impact.

Responsabilidades

• Own software solutions spanning core mesh platforms and data interfaces deployed to customers.
• Deliver well-architected systems with scalable, reliable design and testability.
• Drive end-to-end software solutions by translating user needs into features.
• Collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
• Ensure system health with monitoring, triage production issues, and diagnose root causes.
• Travel 10–30% to meet customers and operate in field.

Conocimientos

Go

Python

Java

C++

Rust

Data processing

Complex systems

Secret Clearance

Herramientas

AWS

Azure

CI/CD

Monitoring tools

Descripción del empleo

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Connected Warfare division’s Mission Commandteam builds, deploys, integrates, extends, and scales Anduril's software and hardware to deliver mission-critical capabilities to our customers. As the software engineers closest to Anduril customers and end-users, Mission Software Engineers solve technical challenges of operational scenarios while owning the end-to-end delivery of winning capabilities such as Lattice Mesh, Joint All Domain Command & Control, and Anduril's Menace Family-of-Systems.
As a Software Engineer on the Mission Command team, you will build the foundation for a first-of-its-kind platform designed for the tactical edge, solving novel problems across networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and next-generation distributed data layers. Powering resilient, machine-speed decision-making for warfighters and allies—even in contested, disconnected environments—your work will ensure Anduril’s products seamlessly work together and with third parties to deliver customer value. Driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset, the Mission Command team balances intentional, long-term system design with the pragmatic tradeoffs needed to meet immediate customer needs. By keeping the mission top-of-mind, you will make sound, scalable engineering decisions to deliver high-quality, expedient software that preemptively addresses the national security challenges of the future.
WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own software solutions spanning core mesh platforms, data interfaces, and release management deployed directly to customers to scale critical mission capabilities.
• Deliver well-architected systems using modern software engineering practices—including code and design reviews—while championing scalability, reliability, testability, portability, and maintainability.
• Drive software solutions end-to-end, partnering closely with end-users to translate complex needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints.
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex, cross-functional functionality.
• Ensure system health and rapid resolution by creating and analyzing monitoring metrics, triaging production issues, root-causing failures, and coordinating next steps.
• Travel 10% – 30% of the time to meet customers wherever in the world they are, collaborate with teammates across the globe, understand real-world operating conditions, and build, test, and deploy capabilities directly in the field.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret Clearance
• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Networking, Mathematics, or Physics
• At least 3-10+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, C++, Rust, etc.
• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with and designing distributed systems
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality results at pace, ideally within a startup or high-growth environment
• Deep networking experience, especially for distributed systems operating in non-standard networking conditions
• Familiarity with industry standard cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and software infrastructure fundamentals (networking, security, distributed systems)
• A deep, demonstrated understanding of how computers and networks work, from a single desktop to a multi-cluster cloud node
• Professional software development lifecycle experience using tools such as version control, CICD systems, etc.
• Familiarity with industry standard monitoring, logging, and data management tools and best practices

  US Salary Range

  $166,000 — $253,000 USD

  The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

  At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .