Staff Software Engineer

Anduril Industries

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On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Posted
31 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer The Staff Software Engineer joins a shared engineering pipeline supporting the CorpTech Platform, ArsenalOS, and CorporateOS teams. This role involves building high-availability enterprise systems that serve as the digital backbone for manufacturing operations, financial tools, and internal infrastructure. Day-to-day responsibilities include owning and delivering features for production platforms like Forge, contributing high-quality code and tests, participating in on-call rotations for floor support, and collaborating cross-functionally with design and product teams. The role requires expertise in full-stack web development using JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and NextJS. Candidates must also leverage frontier AI tooling and local AI harnesses to integrate automation into the engineering lifecycle. This position addresses critical manufacturing and business challenges by developing systems that manage assembly lines, ERP functions, and large-scale data platforms to ensure operational scale and reliability.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own and deliver features for internal production platforms like Forge.
  • Contribute high-quality code and write tests to improve application reliability.
  • Utilize frontier AI tools and contribute to local AI development harnesses.
  • Partner with the factory floor to enable high-rate manufacturing of defense products.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to provide software support for production systems.
  • Collaborate across teams to align system architecture, product design, and digital tools.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in a software engineering role building products.
  • Deep expertise in one or more portions of full stack web development.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical degree.
  • Experience working with large enterprise applications and platforms with high availability requirements.
  • Proficiency with web-based technologies including Javascript, React, Typescript, and frameworks like NextJS.
  • U.S. Person status is required to access export controlled data.
  • Experience in hyper growth startup environments and scaling software development processes (preferred).
  • Understanding of ERP, MES, WMS, CRM, or eligibility for a U.S. TS clearance (preferred).

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