Staff Software Engineer, Stateful Systems

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$220,000–$292,000 / yr
Posted
20 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 901 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,000–$220,000 across 858 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Stateful Systems

The Staff Software Engineer, Stateful Systems joins the Stateful Systems team to own the data layer for Lattice, an AI-powered operating system. You will lead the redesign of the core time-series engine to scale horizontally across numerous nodes, supporting hundreds of sensor towers and thousands of camera feeds. Key responsibilities include building distributed storage with high-availability durability, WAL replication, leader election, and pluggable storage-engine layers. You must ensure correctness under partition in intermittently-connected environments by solving hard distributed-systems problems like replication protocols, consistency models, and back pressure. The role requires deep experience with Python, Go, C++, or Rust, along with production experience in storage engines or large-scale data infrastructure. You will solve critical reliability problems for real-time 3D command and control systems in the field.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

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What you'll do

  • Redesign the time-series engine to scale horizontally across multiple writers and nodes.
  • Build systems to ingest continuous data from hundreds of sensor towers and camera feeds.
  • Develop distributed storage with high-availability durability, WAL replication, and leader election.
  • Create a pluggable storage-engine layer with a zero-downtime migration path.
  • Ensure system correctness and data convergence during network partitions and unreliable connectivity.
  • Solve hard distributed-systems problems including replication protocols, compaction, and back pressure.
  • Maintain and operate large-scale data infrastructure and storage engines in production environments.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years of professional software development experience with a focus on distributed systems or robotics.
  • Deep experience with Python, Go, C++, Rust, or similar systems programming languages.
  • Solid distributed-systems fundamentals including replication, consistency, partition behavior, and failure modes.
  • Production experience building or operating storage engines, databases, or large-scale data infrastructure.
  • Experience with time-series systems, LSM or B-tree storage internals, or KV stores like FoundationDB or RocksDB (preferred).
  • Experience with systems running in resource-constrained or intermittently-connected environments (preferred).

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