Geospatial Platform Engineering Lead

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries, Inc. is seeking a software engineering leader to run Terra, overseeing a dozen engineers, shaping the technical and product direction for geospatial data, and owning the production systems that autonomous agents rely on in the field.

You will collaborate with air, maritime, and space business lines, simulation teams, and external data partners. This is a leadership role that requires deep architectural capability and team-building focus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building software, incl. 3+ years leading engineering teams (8+ engineers)
• Geospatial, GIS, mapping, or remote sensing background (GDAL, PostGIS, tiling/WMTS)
• Experience with Go, Python and cloud infra (K8s, AWS, Azure)
• Track record of owning production data or serving systems with uptime and support requirements
• Experience with large-scale data processing and storage (TBs) and cost/perf/reliability tradeoffs
• Strong technical judgment; able to review designs with senior engineers
• Clear communicator with partners, customers, and executives
• Willingness to support safety and security in combat zones
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of software and GIS engineers. Shape the team structure as it grows beyond a single team.
• Own the delivery and reliability of Terra’s production systems, including offline map pipelines for fielded autonomous systems.
• Set the roadmap for Anduril’s common map environment: imagery and terrain basemaps, charts, navigation data, and synthetic environment reconstruction for simulation.
• Work with business lines to understand mission needs, set clear expectations, and turn requests into reusable products for other teams.
• Own Terra’s map content strategy, sourcing data and enforcing licensing usage.
• Tell the Terra story: product docs, demos, and roadmaps to drive adoption.

Skills

Geospatial / GIS

Team leadership

Go

Python

Cloud infrastructure

Production systems

Security clearance

Job description

Anduril Industries, Inc. is seeking a software engineering leader to run Terra, overseeing a dozen engineers, shaping the technical and product direction for geospatial data, and owning the production systems that autonomous agents rely on in the field.

You will collaborate with air, maritime, and space business lines, simulation teams, and external data partners. This is a leadership role that requires deep architectural capability and team-building focus.