Staff Software Security Engineer

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $191,000–$253,000 / yr
Posted: today

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Above market

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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 1882 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1696 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Security Engineer

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Anduril's Application and Security Engineering team seeks a Staff Software Security Engineer to focus on Identity and Access Management, building world-class defensive controls for their advanced defense technology products. This role involves creating an identity engine that powers the entire company, developing applications to enforce the identity framework, integrating identities across IdPs, cloud providers, SaaS tools, and internal systems, and automating identity lifecycle operations. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills in languages like Go or Rust, experience with identity protocols such as SAML, OIDC, SCIM, OAuth, and familiarity with RBAC, ABAC, or policy-as-code frameworks. They should also be capable of leading architecture and design reviews and working effectively in environments with complex identity issues.

Skills

Go Rust SAML OIDC SCIM OAuth Okta Azure AD AWS Azure GCP RBAC ABAC OPA CI/CD

What you'll do

Build an identity engine that powers the entire company's security program.
Create applications to enable and enforce the company’s identity framework.
Develop integrations unifying identities across IdPs, cloud providers, SaaS tools, and internal systems.
Automate identity lifecycle operations including provisioning, access reviews, and offboarding.
Lead or contribute to architecture and design reviews for IAM projects.

What we're looking for

Strong programming ability in one or more general purpose languages.
Experience with identity protocols and providers like SAML, OIDC, Okta.
Proven ability to translate system design requirements into clean code.
Experience leading or contributing to architecture and design reviews.
TS clearance required.

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