Staff Software Engineer

THE ROLE

We build Lattice, the foundation for everything we do as a defense technology company. Our engineers are talented and hard-working, motivated to see their work rapidly deployed on the front lines. Our team is not just building an experiment in waiting, we deploy what we build on the Southern border, Iraq, Ukraine and more. 

We have open roles across Platform Engineering, ranging from core infrastructure to distributed systems, web development, networking and more. We hire self-motivated people, those who hold a higher bar for themselves than anyone else could hold for them. If you love building infrastructure, platform services, or just working in high performing engineering cultures we invite you to apply! 

YOU SHOULD APPLY IF YOU:

• Have experience working with customers to deliver novel software capabilities
• Want to work on building and integrating model/software/hardware-in-the-loop components by leveraging first and third party technologies (related to simulation, data management, compute infrastructure, networking, and more). 
• Love building platform and infrastructure tooling that enables other software engineers to scale their output
• Enjoy collaborating with team members and partners in the autonomy domain, and building technologies and processes which enable users to safely and rapidly develop and deploy autonomous systems at scale.
• Are a U.S. Person because of required access to U.S. export controlled information

Note: The above bullet points describe the ideal candidate. None of us matched all of these at once when we first joined Anduril. We encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead high-impact projects through requirements analysis, design, and execution.
• Provide technical leadership across a group of 15-25 software engineers.
• Design and develop complex distributed software services and APIs that operate in non-traditional networking environments.
• Work with partner teams to understand problems, identify opportunities, and build consensus.
• Deliver well architected systems through clear interfaces across components, code reviews, design reviews and modern software engineering practices.
• Champion test-ability, portability, monitoring, scalability, reliability, and maintainability as core parts of software delivery.
• Gain a working understanding of Anduril’s business lines and collaborate with leaders to build cohesive, end-to-end experiences for our users.
• Communicate effectively to plan, execute and deliver results across multiple teams and functions.
• Be an advocate for excellent engineering culture across the team.
• Mentor and coach engineers in the team to help them achieve their results and grow their career.
• Work on a modern tech stack involving Go services, React web apps, and distributed key value stores.

NICE TO HAVE 

• You’ve built or invented something: an app, a website, game, startup
• 10+ years working in an engineering setting: a startup (or startup-like environment), engineering school, etc. If you’ve succeeded in a low structure, high autonomy environment you’ll succeed here!
• Professional software development lifecycle experience using tools such as version control, CICD systems, etc.
• A deep, demonstrated understanding of how computers and networks work, from a single desktop to a multi-cluster cloud node
• At least 3+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc.
• Experience building scalable backend software systems with various data storage and processing requirements
• Experience with industry standard cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), CI/CD tools, and software infrastructure fundamentals (networking, security, distributed systems)
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
• Experience implementing robot or autonomous vehicle testing frameworks in a software-in-the-loop or hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) environment
• Experience with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. NixOS, Terraform)
• Experience designing complex software systems, and iterating upon designs via a technical design review process
• Familiarity with industry standard monitoring, logging, and data management tools and best practices
• A bias towards rapid delivery and iteration