Software Engineer, Dev Infra, Air Defense

Anduril Industries

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Irvine, CA
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96 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Dev Infra, Air Defense

As a Software Engineer, Dev Infra, Air Defense, you will join the Air Defense DevInfra team to build and operate the software infrastructure supporting the Air Defense program. You will be responsible for developer productivity, creating release tooling, and managing cloud infrastructure to enable other engineers to ship code faster with fewer surprises. Your daily work involves developing backend services, data pipelines, CI/CD systems, reproducible builds, container security tooling, and AWS infrastructure across GovCloud and commercial environments. The role requires proficiency in Go, Python, Rust, C++, Java, or TypeScript, alongside experience with Terraform, NixOS, and various monitoring tools. You will solve complex technical challenges within the defense sector by building robust platform tools and infrastructure that ensure reliable software deployment for high-stakes programs involving critical command and control systems.

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What you'll do

  • Build and operate software infrastructure for the Air Defense program.
  • Develop backend services and data pipelines to support internal engineering teams.
  • Create developer tools and tooling to improve engineer productivity and deployment speed.
  • Manage cloud infrastructure on AWS GovCloud and commercial platforms using Terraform.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines, reproducible builds, and container security tooling.
  • Execute end-to-end tasks including writing Go/Python services and debugging production issues.
  • Maintain and monitor software systems to ensure reliability for high-stakes defense programs.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. Person due to export control requirements.
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
  • Experience building backend software or developer tooling for end users is required.
  • Ability to work end-to-end on problems involving Go/Python services, AWS infrastructure via Terraform, and CI integration.
  • At least 3+ years of experience working with programming languages such as Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), CI/CD tools, and software infrastructure fundamentals like networking and distributed systems.
  • Experience with modern build and deployment tooling such as NixOS or Terraform.
  • Familiarity with container technologies, SBOM tooling, or vulnerability scanning.

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