Mission Software Engineer: Defense Systems, Real Impact

Anduril-1

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 166,000 - 220,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

Anduril is seeking a Software Engineer to solve challenging problems across networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics. You will own software deployed to customers, design and implement features, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

The role involves traveling up to 50% to Asia Pacific and working to turn user needs into practical features while ensuring high quality and timely delivery.

Qualifications

  • Travel up to 50% to Asia Pacific for deployment and field work.
  • Strong engineering background in CS/SE/Math/Physics.
  • Experience with Go, Rust, or Python and frontend frameworks (React/Angular).
  • Experience building data-intensive software systems.
  • Ability to understand complex codebases quickly.

Responsibilities

  • Own the software solutions deployed to customers.
  • Write code to improve products and scale capabilities.
  • Collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test features.
  • Create metrics for debugging and monitoring.
  • Triage issues and coordinate next steps.
  • Partner with end-users to translate needs into features while balancing UX and constraints.
  • Travel up to 50% to build and deploy capabilities in the real world.

Skills

Go/Rust/Python programming
React/Angular frontend
Data processing & analysis
Travel up to 50%
System navigation

Job description

Anduril is seeking a Software Engineer to solve challenging problems across networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics. You will own software deployed to customers, design and implement features, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

The role involves traveling up to 50% to Asia Pacific and working to turn user needs into practical features while ensuring high quality and timely delivery.

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