Platform - Staff Software Engineer

at  ANDURIL INDUSTRIES

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 Software Platform team at Anduril maintains the core platform technologies used to power Lattice, Anduril’s Command & Control Platform used to enable a diverse set of missions across our portfolio of business lines including solutions for Counter UAS, Counter Intrusion and other use cases critically important for the DoD. Lattice consists of core technologies that are built to deploy in a range of configurations from more traditional cloud based deployment targets to more constrained edge devices (eg: Dive-LD, Ghost and other robots). Our goal is to provide a robust suite of software that can be tailored to meet the needs of a wide variety of mission applications.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be working alongside a team of engineers with a diverse set of backgrounds and skills. Anduril has a collaborative culture with plenty of opportunities for ownership. As an early member of the team, your decisions today will have a large impact on the company now and into the future, as well as on our customers!
The ideal candidate will be a proven technical leader who can influence our organization to make the right decisions, demonstrate customer empathy, build trust with partners, mentor teammates, and transform culture within the team.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline (OR equivalent experience.)
• 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Go, Typescript, C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• 5+ years of experience working on complex distributed software services and APIs that operate in nontraditional network environments.
• Familiarity with algorithms, data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, Linux systems, and other technical tools.
• Experience in distributed key value stores or relational databases.
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead high-impact projects through requirements analysis, design, and execution.
• Provide technical leadership across a group of 15-25 software engineers.
• Design and develop complex distributed software services and APIs that operate in non-traditional networking environments.
• Work with partner teams to understand problems, identify opportunities, and build consensus.
• 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.
• Gain a working understanding of Anduril’s business lines and collaborate with leaders to build cohesive, end-to-end experiences for our users.
• Communicate effectively to plan, execute and deliver results across multiple teams and functions.
• Be an advocate for excellent engineering culture across the team.
• Mentor and coach engineers in the team to help them achieve their results and grow their career.
• Work on a modern tech stack involving Go services, React web apps, and distributed key value stores.

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:

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: We offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision) that are 100% covered by Anduril for you and 90% covered for your dependents.
• For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
• For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k)