Senior Software Engineer, Discovery

Anduril Industries; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Software Engineer in Discovery to tackle a broad range of challenges across networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more. You’ll work with mentorship and have opportunities to guide technical teams while delivering high-impact software that supports critical missions.

You will collaborate with customers and diverse engineering groups to deploy robust, scalable solutions that meet real-world needs, including direct customer interaction and

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background in CS/SE/Math/Physics.
• 7+ years in programming across multiple languages.
• Experience with data processing and analysis.
• Ability to navigate complex systems and codebases.
• Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop software extending Lattice OS for cyber asset control and mission autonomy.
• Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to build new software products.
• Build, test, deploy, and demonstrate mission-critical code in a fast feedback loop.
• Travel up to 25% for customer events and field deployments.
• Contribute to reusable components across multiple Anduril product lines.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering mindset

Mentoring

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/Math/Physics

Tools

Java

Python

C++

Rust

Go

JavaScript

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 Discovery team at Anduril is at the forefront of incubating and maturing high‑potential, software‑defined, AI‑native offerings that meet the toughest, newest challenges across hardware, software, space, and cyber domains. We’re the architects of mission autonomy and mesh networking, delivering scalable hardware solutions that meet some of the most urgent national security needs. By working hand‑in‑hand with elite teams in Perception, AI, Motion Planning, Hardware, Test Engineering, Space, Networking, and Vehicle hardware, we craft cutting‑edge, end‑to‑end systems that redefine mission success.

About the Job

As a Software Engineer in Discovery, you will solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more, while making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way. Your efforts will ensure that Anduril products seamlessly work together to achieve critical outcomes. You will be given mentorship and leadership opportunities, and be expected to set the direction for technical teams. Above all, Software Engineers must be driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top‑of‑mind and making sound engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes on‑time and with high quality. Not only will you build the software, but you’ll also work directly with customers to deploy it.

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 cyber assets, the planning and execution of offensive cyber 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
• 7+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, etc.
• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
• 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
• Experience making impactful technical architectural decisions, tradeoffs and engaging in engineering discussion with peers
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Developing and testing multi‑agent autonomous systems and deploying in real‑world environments
• Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees
• Distributed communication networks and message standards
• Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics
• Experience mentoring junior engineers
• Experience and examples of architecting complex systems

Salary Range

$191,000 — $253,000 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.