Staff Software Engineer - Air Defense (Active Clearance)

Anduril Industries

Irvine (CA)

On-site

USD 220,000 - 292,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks PTO

PTO bonus

Medical leave

LinkedIn Learning

Wellness portal

401k matching

Education stipend

Relocation allowance

Office space for relocation

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Air Defense team. You will tackle networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics challenges, delivering scalable, high-quality software across missions.

You will own customer deployments, collaborate across product and engineering, and travel as needed. This role demands 10+ years in software, experience with Python, Rust, Go, and data-heavy solutions.

Qualifications

10+ years building software across diverse languages (Python, Rust, Go).
Experience with data processing and analysis at scale.
Strong engineering background in CS or software engineering.

Responsibilities

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