Senior Geospatial Platform Engineering Lead

Andurilindustries; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a software engineering leader to run Terra, our geospatial platform. You will lead ~12 engineers, define technical direction, and own production systems used by fielded autonomous systems.

You will collaborate with air, maritime, and space teams, plus simulation groups, ensuring data licensing and content strategy align with business needs. Strong leadership and security clearance are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building software, including 3+ years managing engineering teams (8+ engineers).
• Background in geospatial, GIS, mapping, or remote sensing (GDAL, PostGIS, tiling/WMTS, raster and vector formats, terrain and elevation data).
• Experience with Go, Python and cloud infrastructure (K8s, AWS, Azure).
• Track record of owning production data or serving systems with real uptime and support requirements.
• Experience with large-scale data processing and storage (terabytes and up) and the tradeoffs in cost, performance, and reliability.
• Strong technical judgment: able to review designs and push on architecture with senior engineers.
• Clear communicator with partners, customers, and executives.
• Willingness to directly support the safety and security of people 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 past a single team.
• Own the delivery and reliability of Terra’s production systems, including offline map pipelines for fielded autonomous systems and operational support.
• Set the roadmap for Anduril’s common map environment: imagery and terrain basemaps, nautical and aeronautical charts, vision-based navigation data, and synthetic environment reconstruction for simulation.
• Work with business lines to understand mission needs, set clear expectations, and turn requests into products other teams can use without our help.
• Own Terra’s map content strategy, working with partnerships, legal, and finance to source data and make sure our systems enforce how licensed data can be used.
• Tell the story of what Terra builds: product docs, demos, and roadmaps that drive adoption across the company.

Skills

Geospatial, GIS, mapping

Go

Python

Cloud infrastructure (K8s, AWS, Azure)

Production data ownership

Large-scale data processing

Technical judgment

Clear communication

Safety in combat zones

Active US security clearance

Tools

GDAL

PostGIS

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a software engineering leader to run Terra, our geospatial platform. You will lead ~12 engineers, define technical direction, and own production systems used by fielded autonomous systems.

You will collaborate with air, maritime, and space teams, plus simulation groups, ensuring data licensing and content strategy align with business needs. Strong leadership and security clearance are required.