Senior Software Engineer, Platform Overlay & Networking
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$220k - $292k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the shared NixOS overlay, including system modules, compute platform definitions, common tower services, and composable image definitions.
- Own tower network topology, including VLANs, subnet allocation, bridging, routing, failover, NAT, firewall policy, and payload-to-port mapping.
- Define and enforce integration contracts for network-attached payloads through code review and documentation.
- Consolidate legacy per-product configurations into a common overlay with build-time drift checks.
- Support migration of services between messaging buses and maintain topic and schema contracts.
- Debug issues spanning kernels, device trees, systemd unit ordering, Nix evaluation, link-layer configuration, and sensor daemons.
- Operate and troubleshoot remote embedded hardware, including provisioning, reflashing, boot failures, and remote debugging.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience with substantial Linux systems, embedded platform, or infrastructure experience.
- Deep practical knowledge of VLANs, bridging, routing, policy routing, DHCP, multicast, NAT, and firewalling, with fluency in ip, tcpdump, and Wireshark.
- Strong experience with declarative configuration management and reproducible builds; Nix or NixOS is preferred, with Bazel, Buildroot, Yocto, Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi as adjacent alternatives.
- Proficiency in Rust or C++ sufficient to read and modify platform services.
- Ability to define technical interfaces used by other teams and maintain them through code review and documentation.
- US person status and eligibility to obtain and maintain a US security clearance are required.
- Preferred qualifications include hands-on NixOS module and flake experience, Python automation, NVIDIA Jetson and JetPack experience, BSP and device-tree integration, fleet-scale embedded operations, CAN, SNMP, managed-switch configuration, and hardware-in-the-loop build pipelines.
Benefits
- Competitive full-time benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.
- Full-time offers commonly include equity grants.
- The posted base salary range is $220,000–$292,000 USD.
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.