Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$220,000–$292,000 / yr
Posted
60 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $191k
This role $256k
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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $168,619–$214,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $256k versus about $191k for comparable roles.

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About Anduril Industries

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 1697 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1504 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Senior Manager, Software Engineering The Senior Manager, Software Engineering joins the CorpTech Platform team to lead a group focused on building and operating production software at the intersection of AI and software engineering. This role involves managing, coaching, and developing engineers while establishing technical norms for design review, code review, testing, and incident response. The manager is responsible for driving the team roadmap across feature delivery, reliability investments, and AI-enabled capabilities. Key responsibilities include ensuring high standards for production ownership and implementing AI-accelerated engineering workflows like agentic automation and evaluation-driven development. Candidates must possess expertise in distributed systems, APIs, CI/CD, and observability. The role addresses the challenge of building reliable, non-deterministic AI-enabled systems while improving internal business infrastructure, including ERP and finance systems, to ensure operational excellence across the organization's corporate platforms.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $281300 from 35 postings across 13 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead a software engineering team building and operating production systems at the intersection of AI and software engineering.
  • Develop and execute a roadmap for feature delivery, reliability investments, and AI-enabled capabilities.
  • Manage, coach, and develop engineers and tech leads through hiring, performance management, and career growth.
  • Establish engineering norms for design reviews, code reviews, testing, release management, and incident response.
  • Drive operational excellence by improving service ownership, observability, and proactive work to reduce recurring failures.
  • Integrate AI tools and agentic automation into the team's internal development workflows and coding practices.
  • Ensure the responsible deployment of AI systems by implementing safety and reliability controls for non-deterministic behavior.
  • Communicate strategy, risks, and execution status clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 7+ years of experience in software engineering, reliability engineering, or related disciplines.
  • Must have at least 2 years of direct people management experience for software engineers.
  • Must demonstrate success managing an engineering team that owns production systems end to end.
  • Must possess technical fluency in modern architectures, APIs, distributed systems, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Must have practical experience with AI-enabled software systems and AI-accelerated engineering workflows.
  • Must possess strong people leadership skills including hiring, coaching, and performance management.
  • Must hold U.S. Person status to access export-controlled data.
  • Must have a degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

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