Senior Software Engineer, Edge Compute and Communications

Anduril Industries•Costa Mesa, CA

About The Position

Anduril Software Engineers in the Connected Warfare (CW) Division build, deploy, integrate, extend, and scale Anduril's software on hardware systems to deliver mission-critical capabilities to our customers at the tactical edge. As the software engineers closest to customers/end-users, Mission Software Engineers solve technical challenges of operational scenarios while owning the end-to-end delivery of winning capabilities. As a Senior Software Engineer on the ECC Engineering team, you will contribute to the creation of new products, features, and solutions to address a wide variety of customer problems involving software, hardware, networking, autonomy/robotics, systems integration, and more. Your efforts will ensure that Anduril products seamlessly work together to achieve a variety of critical outcomes. Above all, Mission Software Engineers are driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient , scalable , and methodical way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making sound engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly, on-time, and with high quality. You will work on products like the Menace Family of Systems to bring integrated C4 capabilities to the tactical edge. We are working on cutting edge, complex systems that must deliver critical capability on aggressive timelines to outmatch the pacing threats and empower our customers with commercial style technologies that they can immediately use for defense. We are looking for talented, organized, growth mindset, Software Engineers who appreciate ownership, autonomy, and direct customer engagement when designing, architecting, building and collaborating with our software, hardware, operations, SRE, and business development teams to exceed customer expectations and bring new products and capabilities to market.

Requirements

Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
4+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, etc.
Experience working with Linux and/or Nix/NixOS.
Experience building software solutions involving hardware integrations
Experience building scalable solutions on edge infrastructure
Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
Passionate about working on critical software that has a real-world impact
Be data driven and customer outcomes focused
Experience using AGILE methodologies and execution

Nice To Haves

Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent degrees
Prior military service/contractor experience working with edge computing and tactical networking
Experience at technology startups
TS/SCI active or eligible

Responsibilities

You will work closely with Product Managers, Business Development, and other engineering teams (internal and external), executing on our SDLC process from concept, development, production and fielding.
Own areas of the ECC software solution that are deployed to customers
Build scalable systems
Write code to improve products and scale the mission capability to more customers
Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
Create and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring
Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps
Partner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world
Brief executives (internal and external) and high ranking officials

Benefits

Healthcare Benefits
US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits
Income Protection : Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
Generous time off : Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development
Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.
Retirement Savings Plan
US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.
AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.