ML-Focused Software Engineer for Real-Time Defense

Anduril-1; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Software Engineer to join the Battlespace Awareness team. You will support core tooling and, for ML-focused candidates, help deploy ML infrastructure to optimize system parameters and detect regressions in CI.

Required skills include Python, C/C++, Rust, REST APIs, and experience with low-latency software, GitHub, and CI/CD. Eligible for U.S. Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in Python, Rust, C++, or C with professional use.
• Solid software fundamentals: OOP, FP, REST API design.
• Experience building low-latency or real-time software.
• Experience with testing including Robot Framework and integration tests.
• Comfortable using AI coding assistants (Claude or Codex).
• Experience with GitHub and CI/CD pipelines.
• Machine learning background: hyperparameter optimization, anomaly detection, explainable ML.

Responsibilities

• Provide software engineering and development support for core tools.
• Help stand up ML infrastructure to optimize system parameters.
• Detect performance regressions in CI and improve CI pipelines.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on mission-critical applications.

Skills

Python

Rust

C++

C

REST API design

Low-latency software

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

AI coding assistants

Tools

PyTorch

CesiumJS

FastAPI

Faster-than-real-time simulation

Slackbot integrations

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Software Engineer to join the Battlespace Awareness team. You will support core tooling and, for ML-focused candidates, help deploy ML infrastructure to optimize system parameters and detect regressions in CI.

Required skills include Python, C/C++, Rust, REST APIs, and experience with low-latency software, GitHub, and CI/CD. Eligible for U.S. Secret clearance is required.