Software Engineer, 3rd-Party Integrations

Slope; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Competitive equity grants

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Slope is looking for a Senior Engineer specializing in Edge-Cloud Reliability in Reston, Virginia. In this role, you will manage the integration between cloud and on-prem edge nodes, ensuring reliability under various conditions. A strong software development background in Go, Rust, or Python is essential, along with experience in cloud architecture.

The salary ranges from $166,000 to $220,000 base salary, and the position offers generous equity grants and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Top Secret / SCI Clearance is mandatory.
• Strong software background required.
• Proficiency in systems languages (Go/Rust/Python) needed.
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture (GCP preferred).
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Own the hub-and-spoke contract between cloud and on-prem edge nodes.
• Define and automate configurations to prevent drift.
• Ensure reliability under degraded conditions.
• Mentor the sub-team and set technical direction.

Skills

Go

Rust

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Job description

ABOUT THE JOB

As Senior Engineer, Edge-Cloud Reliability, you'll own a net-new, architecturally critical function: the hub-and-spoke contract between the cloud and our on-prem failover edge nodes. You'll ensure on-prem nodes mirror cloud architecture at small scale, keep operating through Degraded, Disconnected, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) conditions, and reconcile cleanly with the hub on reconnect – owning everything from identity federation and degraded auth to data reconciliation, config-drift automation, and DDIL reliability testing. You'll also anchor the sub-team, setting technical direction and mentoring ICs. This role requires a strong software background (Go/Rust/Python), distributed-systems fundamentals, cloud architecture depth (GCP preferred), comfort at the edge, and demonstrated ownership of a reliability/SRE or platform-engineering charter.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Identity federation & degraded auth – extend centralized Keycloak/LDAP identity to disconnected edge; cached-credential authentication when the hub is unreachable; propagate RBAC-by-operation/group to spokes.
• Data reconciliation & state consistency – own the cloudedge data-refresh contract: DSB migration, entity-persist service, CoTv2 bilateral consistency, un-egress republishing cache.
• Config / architecture drift – automate propagation of cloud-architecture changes (DSB, NCC hub-spoke, DNS) to every edge NixOS closure so spokes never silently fall out of parity.
• DDIL reliability mandate – define and test failover/reconnect behavior against the High-Availability / DDIL ConOps.
• Set the technical direction for the sub-team; mentor and receive the support IC.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret / SCI Clearance
• Software background is mandatory
• Strong in a systems language (Go/Rust/Python), distributed-systems fundamentals (consensus, conflict resolution, eventual consistency)
• Cloud architecture depth (GCP preferred – VPC, IdP, networking) and comfort at the edge (on-prem, bare-metal deployments)
• Willing to travel as needed

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated ownership of a reliability/SRE or platform-engineering charter

US Salary Range

$166,000 – $220,000 USD (base salary only). Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full‑time offers; Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

Benefits

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