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Anduril Industries

Software Engineer, Strategic Defense

Costa Mesa, California, United States$166k–$220kfull-timemidAdded today

About this role

Join Anduril's Strategic Defense team as a Software Engineer to build AI-powered command and control systems that protect against advanced threats. You'll develop scalable software solutions for the Guam Defense System, collaborating across teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities that integrate autonomy, sensor fusion, and real-time decision-making.

What you'll do

  • Own and deploy software solutions to defense customers
  • Write code in Python, C++, Rust, Go, or JavaScript to enhance products and scale capabilities
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex integrated functionality
  • Develop metrics for debugging, monitoring, and performance analysis
  • Investigate failures, root cause issues, and coordinate remediation efforts
  • Engage with end-users to translate requirements into features while balancing UX and engineering constraints

What they're looking for

  • Python, C++, Rust, Go, or JavaScript
  • Data processing and analysis at scale
  • Complex system navigation and legacy codebase understanding
  • Multi-agent autonomous systems development
  • Distributed systems and networking
  • Modeling and simulation
  • Flight systems and safety-critical software
  • Behavior tree algorithms

Benefits

  • Competitive equity grants included in full-time offers
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits at little to no cost
  • Top-tier benefits package for full-time employees
  • Mission-driven work with real-world impact
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge defense technology
  • Professional growth in rapidly expanding strategic business line
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Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe a complex system you navigated and how you quickly understood its architecture—what was your approach?
  • Tell us about your experience with multi-agent autonomous systems; how did you handle coordination and testing in real-world deployment?