Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Defense (Secret)

Anduril Industries; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Air Defense team. You will solve a wide range of problems in networking, autonomy, and systems integration, delivering pragmatic, high-quality software that supports mission success.

You will own software deployed to customers and collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality, while contributing to scalable, robust solutions for real-world use cases.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience in industry or academia.
• Proficiency in Python, Rust, and Go.
• Experience handling large data processing and analysis tasks.
• Ability to navigate complex systems and existing codebases.
• Desire to work on mission-critical software with real-world impact.
• Active U.S. Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the software solutions deployed to customers.
• Write code to improve products and scale mission capabilities to more customers.
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
• Create and analyze metrics used for debugging and monitoring.
• Triage issues, identify root causes, and coordinate next steps.
• Partner with end-users to translate needs into features, balancing UX with constraints.
• Travel up to 30% to build, test, and deploy capabilities in real-world environments.

Skills

Python

Rust

Go

Data processing

Software engineering

Systems integration

Autonomy software

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Air Defense team. You will solve a wide range of problems in networking, autonomy, and systems integration, delivering pragmatic, high-quality software that supports mission success.

You will own software deployed to customers and collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality, while contributing to scalable, robust solutions for real-world use cases.