Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance)

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)full time

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$114k–$192k

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Anduril Industries Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Connected Warfare at Anduril Industries owns software solutions for core mesh platforms and data interfaces deployed directly to customers. The role involves delivering well-architected systems and collaborating across teams to build complex functionality.

Responsibilities

Own software solutions spanning core mesh platforms, data interfaces, and release management deployed directly to customers to scale critical mission capabilities.
Deliver well-architected systems using modern software engineering practices—including code and design reviews—while championing scalability, reliability, testability, portability, and maintainability.
Drive software solutions end-to-end, partnering closely with end-users to translate complex needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints.
Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex, cross-functional functionality.
Ensure system health and rapid resolution by creating and analyzing monitoring metrics, triaging production issues, root-causing failures, and coordinating next steps.
Travel 10% – 30% of the time to meet customers wherever in the world they are, collaborate with teammates across the globe, understand real-world operating conditions, and build, test, and deploy capabilities directly in the field.

Qualification

Deep networking experienceA deep$114

Required

Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret Clearance
Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Networking, Mathematics, or Physics
At least 3-10+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, C++, Rust, etc.
Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
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

Preferred

Experience working with and designing distributed systems
Proven ability to deliver high-quality results at pace, ideally within a startup or high-growth environment
Deep networking experience, especially for distributed systems operating in non-standard networking conditions
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
$114,000—$192,000 USD

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Company

Anduril Industries

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