Software Engineer, Strategic Defense
Anduril Industries
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This role pays less than 75% of similar roles. Most pay $154,512–$222,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $153k versus about $188k for comparable roles.
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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.
Anduril Industries currently has 917 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $166,000–$220,000 across 873 roles with salary data.
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The Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance) joins the Mission Command team to build, deploy, and scale software and hardware for mission-critical capabilities. You will own software solutions spanning core mesh platforms, data interfaces, and release management, translating complex end-user needs into features while ensuring system health through monitoring and root-cause analysis. The role requires developing high-quality, scalable systems for the tactical edge, specifically addressing challenges in networking, autonomy, robotics, and distributed data layers in contested environments. You will utilize programming languages including Go, Python, Java, C++, and Rust. Required skills include experience with large-scale data processing, distributed systems, and networking. You will work on products like Lattice Mesh and Joint All Domain Command & Control to enable machine-speed decision-making for warfighters.
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