Platform Engineer, Distributed Simulation & Kubernetes

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Software Engineer for Distributed Simulation to design, build, and run backend services that articulate complex, scalable test environments on Kubernetes. You will own subsystems end-to-end, scale compute, and partner with internal and external users to ship improvements.

You will work across cloud and on-prem deployments, improve interfaces, and ensure reliability while delivering high-value simulations for defense-focused workloads.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong production experience in a language such as Go, Rust, C++, Java, or Python.
• Experience building and operating distributed systems or infrastructure platforms in production, including ownership of the operational side (deployment, monitoring, debugging, on-call)
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience with a deep understanding of its internals and components, such as controllers, operators, and custom resources
• Experience with infrastructure as code and modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. Terraform, Helm, CI/CD systems)
• Demonstrated ability to own an ambiguous, cross-cutting project end-to-end and drive it to production
• Strong written and verbal communication — you can write a design document that a skeptical reader can evaluate
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Design and build the backend services that provision, orchestrate, and tear down distributed test and simulation environments on Kubernetes
• Own significant subsystems of the platform end-to-end — from design through rollout, operation, and iteration with users
• Scale the platform's compute layer as demand grows, including capacity management, performance, and efficient use of expensive resources
• Improve the interfaces and abstractions through which users describe their environments, so they can express complex test topologies without needing to be Kubernetes experts
• Build for the range of environments we deploy into, including cloud and on-premise, along with the release and configuration tooling that makes those deployments repeatable
• Improve reliability and performance of a system whose workloads are heavy and short-lived, including instrumentation, monitoring, and root cause analysis when something breaks
• Raise the engineering bar through design and code review, technical mentorship, and clear technical writing
• Work directly with internal engineering teams, business lines, and external customers to understand where the platform falls short, and turn that into shipped improvements

Skills

Go

Rust

C++

Java

Python

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Design documentation

Security clearance

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

Terraform

Helm

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Anduril Industries, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Software Engineer for Distributed Simulation to design, build, and run backend services that articulate complex, scalable test environments on Kubernetes. You will own subsystems end-to-end, scale compute, and partner with internal and external users to ship improvements.

You will work across cloud and on-prem deployments, improve interfaces, and ensure reliability while delivering high-value simulations for defense-focused workloads.