Staff Software Architect, Intelligence Systems
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$220k - $292k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the architecture for large-scale, real-time systems that ingest, fuse, and act on diverse sensor data.
- Lead the design and implementation of performant, production-scale embedded bare-metal systems in Rust.
- Make architectural trade-offs across performance, modularity, testability, and maintainability for mission-critical edge systems.
- Mentor and technically lead senior engineers while establishing coding standards, review processes, and development practices.
- Engage directly with customers to support successful outcomes for mission-critical requirements.
- Troubleshoot complex issues spanning software, mathematical assumptions, sensor behavior, and networking.
- Contribute to prototyping, modeling and simulation, field testing, and deployment.
- Help shape hiring and technical growth across the broader organization.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience and a bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, mathematics, engineering, controls, statistics, or a related field.
- Proven experience architecting large-scale, production-grade codebases in real-time or high-performance environments.
- Experience with modern IPC frameworks and fundamentals.
- Experience architecting and designing REST APIs for public consumption.
- Experience with unit testing, Git version control, and microservices.
- Currently possesses and can maintain an active U.S. Secret clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include an M.S. or Ph.D., embedded bare-metal expertise, expert modern Rust with asynchronous and multithreaded programming, FPGA experience, networking knowledge, cryptography expertise, DoD program experience, and GPU/CUDA kernel development.
Benefits
- Full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package available at little to no cost, along with competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers.
- The role is based in Reston, Virginia.
About Anduril Industries
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.