Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Geospatial Platform)

Anduril Industries; 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 team. You will lead ~12 engineers, shape the technical and product direction for geospatial data, and own production systems used by field operations.

You'll collaborate with air, maritime, and space business lines, simulation teams, and external data partners, balancing hands-on architecture with team building to deliver reliable, scalable software.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building software, including 3+ years managing engineering teams.
• Background in geospatial, GIS, mapping, or remote sensing (GDAL, PostGIS, tiling/WMTS).
• Experience with Go, Python and cloud infrastructure (K8s, AWS, Azure).
• Track record of owning production data or serving systems with uptime requirements.
• Experience with large-scale data processing and storage (terabytes and up).

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of software and GIS engineers.
• Own the delivery and reliability of Terra’s production systems.
• Set the roadmap for the map environment: basemaps, charts, and synthetic data.
• Work with business lines to translate mission needs into usable products.
• Own Terra’s map content strategy with data partnerships and licensing.
• Tell the Terra story through docs, demos, and roadmaps.

Skills

Geospatial data

Go

Python

Cloud infrastructure

Leadership

Production systems

Data processing

Communication

Security clearance readiness

Education

Tools

GDAL

PostGIS

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

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

Terra is Anduril’s geospatial platform team. We provide the maps, imagery, elevation, bathymetry, charts, and environmental data used across Anduril’s products. That includes command-and-control software, autonomous aircraft and undersea vehicles, and the simulation and synthetic environments we use to train and test autonomy. Terra builds the pipelines that process this data, the services that serve it in the cloud and on fully disconnected networks, and the tools that let teams bring their own data. Nearly every program at Anduril uses our work.

ABOUT THE JOB

We’re looking for a software engineering leader to run Terra. You’ll lead a team of about a dozen engineers and grow it, set the technical and product direction for geospatial data at Anduril, and own the production systems that robots and operators depend on in the field. You’ll work closely with business lines across air, maritime, and space, with our simulation teams, and with outside data and technology partners. This is a leadership role first. You should be able to go deep on architecture with your Staff engineers, but your main job is building a team that delivers.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• 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.

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Shipped mapping or imagery products to external users
• Experience with offline, edge, or intermittently connected deployments
• Experience working with data vendors, content licensing, or usage tracking
• Exposure to simulation, game engines, digital twins, or perception and ML training data

US Salary Range

$220,000—$292,000 USD

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:

Benefits

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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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