Senior Front End Software Engineer, React

Anduril Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 191,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Defense tech impact

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the Washington, DC area is seeking a Software Engineer in Strategic Defense to own front-end decisions for a team of 30+ engineers, shaping end-to-end systems for command and control, autonomy, and missile defense. This role requires React experience and strong TypeScript skills to deliver robust, realtime interfaces in a defense-focused environment.

You will work closely with AI, edge hardware, space solutions, networking, and test teams to create reusable components and

Qualifications

• Background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
• Proficiency with React and TypeScript for web applications.
• Empathize with end-users and balance UX with engineering constraints.
• Experience with real-time user interfaces using ReactJS or similar.
• Ability to navigate complex systems and established code bases quickly.
• Willingness to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop front-end capabilities and tooling for Anduril's Lattice OS to support command and control and missile defense missions.
• Collaborate with customers, product designers, and other engineering teams to shape new software products and maximize value.
• Build, test, deploy, and demonstrate mission-critical UI code in a fast feedback loop with end users.
• Travel up to 25% to participate in customer events and real-world deployments.
• Contribute to existing services across Anduril, building reusable components for multiple product lines.

Skills

React

Typescript

Real-time UI experience

User empathy

Navigate complex systems

U.S. Top Secret clearance eligible

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

The Strategic Defense team at Anduril protects the United States and its allies from ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats. Those threats now arrive in seconds, maneuver mid-flight, and come in volleys designed to overwhelm the legacy systems meant to stop them — so we're building a software-defined command and control layer that can see, decide, and act faster than any human operator could alone. Our team spans autonomy, tracking, simulation and wargaming, hardware, systems engineering, and test and evaluation to build an accredited fire control system fielded rapidly and at scale. We are at the forefront of incubating and maturing AI-native offerings for the integrated air and missile defense domain.

About The Job

As a Software Engineer in Strategic Defense, you will write code side-by-side with elite peers to solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more. We absolutely need React experience for this role. You will be owning all front end decisions for a team of 30+ engineers. You'll make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way to ensure Anduril products achieve a variety of desired outcomes in ambiguous situations where more is on the line than money or corporate gains. By working hand-in-hand with powerhouse teams in AI, Edge Hardware, Space Solutions, Networking, and Test Engineering you will craft cutting-edge, end-to-end systems that redefine mission success for major strategic capabilities.

What You'll Do

• Develop tools and capabilities that extend Anduril's Lattice OS to solve unique customer problems in the command and control of complex assets, the planning and execution of missile defense missions, networking, and remote asset management in far-edge environments.
• Collaborate closely with customers, product designers, and other engineering teams to shape and build new software products and applications, optimizing for maximum value to the end user.
• Build, test, deploy, and demonstrate mission-critical code in a tight feedback loop with end users.
• Travel up to 25% of the time to participate in customer events and deploy capabilities in real-world scenarios.
• Contribute to the development of existing software services across Anduril, aiming to develop reusable components that contribute to success across multiple Anduril product lines.

Required Qualifications

• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
• Proficiency with web-based technologies, specifically React and Typescript
• Ability to empathize with end-users, to turn needs into features, and to balance user experience with engineering constraints
• Experience with real-time user interfaces that use reactive programming libraries - ReactJS or similar
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Development of military operator-facing user interfaces
• Experience working with military customers
• Distributed communication networks and message standards
• Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics

US Salary Range

$191,000—$292,000 USD

Benefits

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:

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.

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