Game Development Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through cutting-edge autonomy, AI, and visualization.

This role contributes to the visual client for Mission Simulation, enabling both historical and live data visualization in 2D and 3D AR environments. You will collaborate with stakeholders, address technical risks, and optimize performance across high-end desktops to mobile AR systems, while maintaining high-quality, scalable code

Qualifications

• Proficient in C++ with solid software engineering principles.
• Experience with large codebases solving complex problems.
• Minimum five years of professional programming experience.
• Strong understanding of 3D math and real-time visualization.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and extensible code.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to set priorities and define a scope of work.
• Identify technical risks and propose solutions with engineering teams.
• Diagnose and resolve defects to maintain client stability.
• Analyze and optimize memory and performance for scalable systems (desktop to AR).
• Identify problems and implement robust, high-quality solutions.

Skills

C++ programming

Large codebases

5+ years experience

3D math

Clean code

Real-time visualization

Low-level code

Communication skills

US Person

Linux development

Console development

AAA game shipped

Security clearance

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

Our team builds, tests, integrates, and scales software that beautifully visualizes both real and simulated historical or live data. Our software acts as the visual client for Anduril’s Mission Simulation product, bringing visions to life in a 2D environment as well as an immersive 3D AR environment. It lets users create “what ifs” to evaluate mission concepts, drive future mission tactics, and accelerate mission understanding. It is often used for Business Development and Engineering purposes.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Partner with stakeholders to establish clear priorities and define expectations which translate to a scope of work that you and the team can effectively deliver on
• Identify technical risks and their solutions, collaborating with the broader engineering groups at Anduril.
• Ensure client stability by diagnosing and resolving defects.
• Analyze and optimize both memory and performance in systems that must scale from high-end desktops to mobile AR systems.
• Identify problems; solve them: implement robust, high-quality solutions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent C++ skills and software engineering principles
• Experience working in large codebases to solve complex problems.
• Minimum five years of professional programming experience
• Solid understanding of 3D math
• Ability to write clean, maintainable and extensible code with attention to reusability
• Experience in a broad range of engineering areas on shipping games or real time visualization systems, with special attention given to low-level code
• Excellent spoken and written communication
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Linux development experience
• Experience developing on console platforms.
• Shipped at least one AAA game title in a similar role.
• Be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

US Salary Range: $166,000—$220,000 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.