Staff Software Engineer

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries, Inc. in Washington is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Connected Warfare division. This role involves delivering well-architected software solutions, supporting mission-critical capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background and at least 10 years of experience in programming across multiple languages.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $220,000 – $292,000 USD. Anduril is committed to innovative technology to enhance military capabilities.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Networking, Mathematics, or Physics.
• 10+ years experience with various programming languages.
• Experience with software solutions involving significant data processing.

Responsibilities

• Own software solutions spanning core mesh platforms and data interfaces.
• Deliver well-architected systems using modern software engineering practices.
• Drive software solutions end-to-end, partnering closely with end-users.

Skills

Programming languages

Data processing

Software engineering practices

Education

Computer Science degree or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Connected Warfare

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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 real‑time, 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 Connected Warfare division’s Mission Command team builds, deploys, integrates, extends, and scales Anduril's software and hardware to deliver mission‑critical capabilities to our customers. Software engineers on the team solve technical challenges of operational scenarios while owning the end‑to‑end delivery of capabilities such as Lattice Mesh, Joint All Domain Command & Control, and Anduril's Menace Family‑of‑Systems. The team balances long‑term system design with pragmatic trade‑offs needed to meet immediate customer needs, delivering high‑quality, expedient software that preemptively addresses national security challenges.

What You’ll Do

• Own software solutions spanning core mesh platforms, data interfaces, and release management deployed directly to customers to scale critical mission capabilities.
• Deliver well‑architected systems using modern software engineering practices—including code and design reviews—while championing scalability, reliability, testability, portability, and maintainability.
• Drive software solutions end‑to‑end, partnering closely with end‑users to translate complex needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints.
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex, cross‑functional functionality.
• Ensure system health and rapid resolution by creating and analyzing monitoring metrics, triaging production issues, root‑causing failures, and coordinating next steps.
• Travel 10%–30% of the time to meet customers worldwide, collaborate with teammates across the globe, understand real‑world operating conditions, and build, test, and deploy capabilities directly in the field.

Required Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.
• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Networking, Mathematics, or Physics.
• At least 10+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, C++, Rust, 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with and designing distributed systems.
• Proven ability to deliver high‑quality results at pace, ideally within a startup or high‑growth environment.
• Deep networking experience, especially for distributed systems operating in non‑standard networking conditions.
• Familiarity with industry‑standard cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and software infrastructure fundamentals (networking, security, distributed systems).
• A deep, demonstrated understanding of how computers and networks work, from a single desktop to a multi‑cluster cloud node.
• Professional software development lifecycle experience using tools such as version control, CI/CD systems, etc.
• Familiarity with industry‑standard monitoring, logging, and data management tools and best practices.

Salary Range

$220,000 – $292,000 USD

The salary range is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on work experience, education, and business considerations.

Benefits

Anduril offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, supporting health, recovery, and future needs. The package includes highly competitive equity grants and top‑tier benefits. For more information, explore our benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.