Senior Software Engineer, Discovery

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Boston, MACosta Mesa, CAWashington, DC
Salary
$191,000–$253,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $222k
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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 1836 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1620 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Discovery

As a Senior Software Engineer, Discovery on the Lattice for Cyber team, you will build core capabilities, experiences, and primitives that power offensive cyber programs. You will develop highly-available services, data models, and APIs for command and control frameworks, autonomous behavior trees, SIGINT analysis tools, and data exfiltration pipelines. The role involves designing distributed systems that operate reliably across degraded or contested networks while integrating third-party tools via custom SDKs. You will work with C, C++, Python, Go, Rust, or TypeScript and React to solve problems in networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics. This position addresses the challenge of deploying cyber capabilities in unconventional environments by creating reliable software infrastructure for mission-critical operations. You will also incorporate AI/LLM-enabled features to improve operator effectiveness while ensuring system reliability across the entire company platform.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Massachusetts?

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What you'll do

  • Build scalable services, data models, and APIs for command and control frameworks and autonomous cyber behavior trees.
  • Integrate third-party cyber tools into the Lattice platform via custom SDKs and white-glove integrations.
  • Design distributed software systems that operate reliably over degraded, intermittent, and contested networks.
  • Incorporate AI and LLM-enabled features to improve operator effectiveness without compromising system reliability.
  • Develop and maintain core capabilities for the Lattice platform to provide value across the entire company.
  • Work directly with program teams and customers to deploy products in real-world missions.
  • Provide technical leadership and ensure long-term maintainability of the growing software stack.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production software.
  • Experience in one or more of C, C++, Python, Go, Rust, or modern TypeScript/React development.
  • Ability to debug across the full stack including logs, networking, interfaces, configuration, and hardware/software boundaries.
  • Practical experience with Linux and containerized deployment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical reviews and architecture discussions.
  • Must be based in or willing to relocate to Washington, DC or Orange County, CA.
  • Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time.
  • Must be eligible for a U.S. security clearance (an active U.S. Security clearance is preferred).

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