Software Engineer, Dev Infra, Air Defense

Anduril; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, headquartered in Irvine, CA, is seeking engineers to advance its Air Defense DevInfra platform. You will build backend services and developer tooling that frontline teams rely on, while owning end-to-end infrastructure from code to deployment.

The role emphasizes Terraform, AWS GovCloud and commercial, CI/CD, and crafting reliable systems in a high-stakes defense environment. Collaboration with senior engineers and rapid iteration are required.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend software or developer tooling used by real users.
• Proficiency with Go and/or Python services.
• Strong background in CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and developer tooling used by defense program teams.
• Own infrastructure pipelines and automation, from code to deployment.
• Implement and operate Terraform-based AWS infrastructure (GovCloud and commercial).
• Integrate services into CI/CD pipelines and monitor production behavior.

Skills

Backend services

Go

Python

CI/CD

Terraform

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Git

AWS Console

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.

THE TEAM

The Air Defense DevInfra team builds and operates the software infrastructure the Air Defense program runs on. Our engineers are talented and hard‑working, motivated to see their work rapidly deployed on the front lines — we support the systems that ship to the Southern border, Iraq, Ukraine, and more.

We own developer productivity, build and release tooling, and the cloud infrastructure beneath it — the systems that let other engineers ship faster, with fewer surprises, and with the evidence their programs require. Work ranges from backend services and data pipelines to CI/CD, reproducible builds, container security tooling, and AWS (GovCloud and commercial) infrastructure. Our customers are other Anduril engineers, release engineering, and defense program stakeholders.

YOU SHOULD APPLY IF YOU:

• Have experience building backend software or developer tooling that real users depend on, and want to grow that experience on a DevInfra team supporting a high‑stakes defense program.
• Want to own meaningful pieces of shipped work — backend services, pipelines, tooling, and infrastructure — alongside senior engineers who will give you feedback and context.
• Love building platform and infrastructure tooling that enables other software engineers to scale their output.
• Enjoy working end‑to‑end on a problem: writing the Go/Python service, standing up the AWS infrastructure via Terraform, wiring it into CI, and debugging it when it misbehaves in production.
• Are curious about the layers you haven’t touched yet and ready to learn them on the job.
• Are a U.S. Person because of required access to U.S. export‑controlled information, and are eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

NICE TO HAVE

• At least 3+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc.
• Professional software development lifecycle experience using tools such as version control, CI/CD systems, etc.
• Experience building backend software systems with various data storage and processing requirements.
• Experience with industry‑standard cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), CI/CD tools, and software infrastructure fundamentals (networking, security, distributed systems).
• Experience with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. NixOS, Terraform).
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
• Familiarity with industry‑standard monitoring and logging tools.
• A bias toward rapid delivery and iteration.
• You’ve built or invented something: an app, a website, a game, a startup.
• Previous experience working in an engineering setting: a startup (or startup‑like environment), engineering school, etc. If you’ve succeeded in a low‑structure, high‑autonomy environment you’ll succeed here.
• Exposure to containers, SBOM tooling, or vulnerability scanning (Syft, Grype, Trivy).
• Prior work on a platform, devinfra, SRE, or developer‑productivity team.

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.