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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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Staff Software Engineer
The Staff Software Engineer joins the Manufacturing Production Solutions team within ArsenalOS, the digital backbone of the hardware enterprise. In this role, you will architect and implement complex distributed systems to orchestrate production operations, including work order management, scheduling, material flow, and capacity planning. You will build mission-critical services, APIs, and tooling that transform factories into software-defined production networks. Key responsibilities include defining technical architecture, establishing engineering excellence through infrastructure as code and observability, and bridging manufacturing needs with platform foundations. You will utilize a tech stack featuring JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Remix, while leveraging AWS for high-availability requirements. This position solves the challenge of scaling manufacturing complexity by creating a traceable, autonomous, and integrated material operations platform for defense hardware.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Define and drive technical architecture for Manufacturing Production Solutions, including system design and scalability patterns.
Architect and implement complex distributed systems, APIs, and tooling for work orders, scheduling, and material tracking.
Establish engineering excellence through hands-on work in testing, deployment safety, infrastructure as code, and observability.
Shape shared infrastructure with Platform/Foundations teams to meet specific manufacturing requirements.
Integrate Manufacturing Production Solutions into cohesive experiences and evolve data models across production and supply chain domains.
Represent manufacturing domain requirements to architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to influence broader technical decisions.
Conduct rigorous code reviews and architecture discussions to raise the technical bar for the engineering team.
Identify systemic technical issues and eliminate single points of failure through automation and improved tooling.
What we're looking for
12+ years of experience in a software engineering role building products in fast-paced environments.
Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams and drive architectural consensus.
Experience working with large enterprise applications and platforms with high availability requirements.
Strong full-stack capabilities with expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and web frameworks like Next.js or Remix.
Ability to translate manufacturing operations requirements into scalable technical architectures for enterprise-scale production workflows.
Excellent communication skills to influence stakeholders and build cross-team alignment.
U.S. Person status is required to access export-controlled data.
Familiarity with AWS, Typescript, and React/Remix (preferred); experience in hyper-growth startups, manufacturing operations, defense, or AI/LLM integration (preferred); eligible to obtain a U.S. TS/SCI clearance (preferred).