Anduril
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense
$191K–$254K
Costa Mesa, California, United States +4 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Seattle, Washington, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Experience
- 5+ years is preferred; no minimum years of experience stated as a requirement.
- Education
- No degree required; strong engineering background from industry or school. B.S. in computer science or related technical field preferred.
About the job
Deploys and supports air defense products in the field, resolving technical issues and helping improve systems with engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Perform field operations, maintenance, customer support, and training for military air defense projects.
- Troubleshoot hardware, software, and networking issues; support system availability and conduct incident root-cause analyses.
- Coordinate operational and logistical plans, communicate field status, and maintain support documentation.
What they ask for
- Able to travel to the Asia Pacific region for up to one month at a time, up to 50% of the year.
- Strong engineering background, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
- Experience with programming languages such as Go, Rust, or Python, and frontend frameworks such as React or Angular.
- Experience building software for substantial data processing and analysis; ability to navigate complex systems and established codebases.
Nice to have
- 5+ years solving problems in unstructured environments at the interface of hardware, software, and networking; prior military or overseas contracting experience.
- Fluent in Mandarin; B.S. in computer science or related technical field; Network+ and Linux+ or equivalent experience; Kubernetes experience.
Pay
$191,000 — $254,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Rust, Python, React, Angular, Kubernetes, Network+, Linux+
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