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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.
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The Staff Software Architect, Intelligence Systems joins the Intelligence Systems team to define the architectural direction for large-scale, real-time, mission-critical software. This role involves leading the design of high-performance systems spanning tactical edge deployments to distributed backend infrastructure, making critical trade-offs between performance, modularity, and maintainability. The architect will mentor senior engineers, set coding standards, and oversee CI/CD best practices. Key responsibilities include building performant, real-time, embedded bare-metal systems and troubleshooting complex issues involving software, math assumptions, and sensor behavior. Required technical skills include modern C++ and Rust, asynchronous/multithreaded programming via Tokio, and expertise in numerics-heavy systems involving state estimation, target tracking, and dynamic programming. The work focuses on developing specialized engineering and next-generation national security products for Intelligence Community customers to address pressing national security requirements.