Forward Deployed Software Engineer, JBLM (Active Clearance)

Remote Genie; Joint Base Lewis-McChord (WA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Software Engineer for the Mission Command team to build and deploy a first-of-its-kind platform for tactical edge operations. You will own core mesh platforms, data interfaces, and end-to-end delivery, collaborating with end-users to translate needs into scalable capabilities.

Qualified candidates have an active U.S. Secret Clearance and 3–10+ years in software development with Go, Python, Java, C++, or Rust.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Secret Clearance required.
• 3-10+ years engineering/programming experience in relevant fields.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, Java, C++, or Rust.
• Experience building data-intensive software systems.
• Ability to understand complex systems and legacy code bases.
• Desire to work on mission-critical software with real-world impact.

Responsibilities

• Own software solutions spanning core mesh platforms, data interfaces, and release management deployed to customers.
• Deliver well-architected systems using modern software practices, focusing on scalability and reliability.
• Drive end-to-end software solutions by translating user needs into features with engineering constraints.
• Collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test complex, cross-functional functionality.
• Ensure system health by monitoring, triaging issues, and root-causing failures.
• Travel 10–30% to meet customers and work with teams globally.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

C++

Rust

Data processing

Secret Clearance

Experience 3-10y

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

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:

Benefits

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.