Anduril
Staff Software Engineer, Air Defense
$220K–$292K
Irvine, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 1, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years working with a variety of programming languages.
- Education
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
About the job
Owns and builds software for Anduril’s air defense systems, integrating capabilities across teams and supporting deployment in operational environments.
What you'll do
- Own, develop, test, and scale customer-deployed software; collaborate across teams on complex functionality.
- Create and analyze debugging and monitoring metrics, triage issues, and coordinate root-cause follow-up.
- Work with end-users to shape features and travel up to 30% to build, test, and deploy capabilities.
What they ask for
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
- 10+ years working with a variety of programming languages.
- Strong experience with React and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Experience with significant data processing and analysis; eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Background in Physics, Mathematics, or Motion Planning; experience with modeling and simulation or physical systems.
- Experience with multi-agent autonomous systems, behavior trees, flight systems, distributed networks, or military systems and tactics.
Pay
$220,000 — $292,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, React, TypeScript
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