Staff Software Engineer, Anduril Industries
Connected Warfare
$196-294k
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
Hardware and software for national security
Open for applications
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$196-294k
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- A bias towards rapid delivery and iteration, extreme ownership, and strong opinions with low ego
- At least 8+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, Rust, Go, JavaScript, etc. (We encourage all levels to apply)
- 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
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance
Desirable
- Experience designing APIs for use in distributed systems
- Experience building modeling and simulation environments for distributed systems operating in non-standard networking conditions
- Familiarity with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. NixOS, Terraform)
- 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, CICD systems, etc
- Familiarity with industry standard monitoring, logging, and data management tools and best practices
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Mission Software Engineer to join our Mission Command group inside the Connected Warfare Division
- The Connected Warfare division builds systems to support global command and control missions
- We create joint, time sensitive, multi domain, ubiquitous, connected mesh ecosystems
- Our ecosystem enables connected warfare with disproportional impact by connecting every robot, human, and sensor in every domain, bringing together hundreds of thousands of end points across the globe
- We are the substrate that provides the source of truth for time sensitive decision, effectively transforming the way that militaries close kills chains and enable mission autonomy
- As a Staff Mission Software Engineer, 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 a variety of critical outcomes
- Own software spanning Mission Command
- Deliver well architected systems through clear interfaces across components, code reviews, design reviews and modern software engineering practices
- Champion test-ability, portability, monitoring, scalability, reliability, and maintainability as core parts of software delivery
- Generate software solutions from problem definition and solution design, through to implementation and delivery to customers
- Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
- Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps
- Travel up to 10% of time to collaborate with teammates and understand real world operating conditions
Our take
Anduril makes hardware and software for defense agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its hardware products include specialist drones with a long flight time and surveillance towers.
This hardware is tied together by proprietary software, the Lattice platform, which uses sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to integrate real-time data from Anduril hardware and third-party systems into a single, autonomous operating picture. While the hardware observes and detects, the software can make decisions as to the threat level of any anomalies, and so allow for observation and protection of an area or building with minimal manpower.
Anduril closed a Series E funding round in 2022 led by Valor Equity Partners. This funding was used for research and development of its autonomous defense products, such as the Roadrunner, a modular twin-jet powered autonomous vehicle that can take off and land vertically. Variants of the Roadrunner include defensive warhead armed interceptors which are the first drone weapons that can be retrieved after deployment. The company has also expanded to Australia where it is working in tandem with the Australian Defence Force to improve its military technology and infrastructure and is recruiting talent worldwide to support its rapidly growing portfolio of defense projects.
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Insights
68% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2025
$2.5bn
SERIES G
Jan 2025
$14.3m
GRANT
Total funding: $6.2bn
Company benefits
- Full Family Health Coverage
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
- Family Planning & Support
- Incentivized Time Off
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Planning
- Unlimited Provisions
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Brian Schimpf
(Co-founder & CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they joined Palantir as an Engineer in 2007. They left after over 9 years in order to co-found Anduril in July 2017 as CEO.
Palmer Luckey
(Co-founder)They founded Oculus VR in April 2012, where they worked until April 2017 when they co-founded Anduril.
Trae Stephens
(Co-founder)Former Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis for 2 years, prior to spending 5 at Palantir. They joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2014, and co-founded Anduril in 2017.
Matt Grimm
(Co-founder & COO)Studied Engineering at Cornell before working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Consultant and spending over 6 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer. They worked at Mithril Capital Management and Classy.org before co-founding Anduril in 2017.
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