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Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense

Anduril · Costa Mesa, California, United States; Huntsville, Alabama, United States; Irvine, California, United States; Reston,... · On-site

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About Anduril

Anduril Industries builds advanced autonomous systems and defense technology to protect US and allied forces. Creating the future of national security through AI, robotics, and cutting-edge engineering. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and a16z.

About the role

This application is for established coders with 8+ years of experience who will breeze through live coding interviews and it does not require active clearance but you must be eligible. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 8-12+ years writing production software in languages like C++, Rust, Go, or Python that real users or systems depend on
  • You've owned a feature or service end-to-end including design, implementation, deployment, and dealing with it when it breaks
  • You've debugged problems in code you didn't write and systems you didn't design
  • You're comfortable making engineering decisions with incomplete requirements and revisiting them when reality disagrees
  • You can explain technical tradeoffs to people who aren't software engineers (operators, hardware engineers, customers)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
More about this role

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 Strategic Defense team at Anduril protects the United States and its allies from ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats. Those threats now arrive in seconds, maneuver mid-flight, and come in volleys designed to overwhelm the legacy systems meant to stop them — so we're building a software-defined command and control layer that can see, decide, and act faster than any human operator could alone. Our team spans autonomy, tracking, simulation and wargaming,...

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AFS : Strategic Defense Engineering

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