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Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Intelligence Systems

Anduril - Reston, VA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-09-11

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Salary: USD 220,000 - 292,000 / annual

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology. The Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) team focuses on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and next-generation national security products for Intelligence Community customers. You will lead and scale a high-velocity team responsible for the software and user-interface ecosystem powering next-generation hardware platforms and System-on-Chip (SoC) devices. This role balances people leadership, technical direction, and operational execution, ensuring your team delivers robust, mission-critical web applications that are rigorously tested and validated. Key responsibilities include: • Team Leadership & People Management: Mentor and retain a high-performing team of front-end and full-stack software engineers, fostering growth and technical excellence. • Technical Strategy & Architecture: Guide the architectural direction for mission-critical web UIs, ensuring high reliability, test coverage, low latency, and seamless state synchronization with underlying hardware and backend services. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Managers, Embedded Systems Engineers, Backend Leads, and Hardware teams to align UI roadmaps with customer delivery milestones and national security requirements. You will work within the Intelligence Community to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. The role requires balancing strategic vision with hands-on technical execution in a fast-paced environment delivering critically needed capabilities for pressing national security requirements. REQUIREMENTS: • 3+ years of experience managing software engineering teams • 5+ years of software development experience with deep expertise in modern web ecosystems, including TypeScript, modern CSS/SCSS, and React (with state management tools such as Redux Toolkit) • Experience using RESTful APIs and addressing common challenges such as state management and concurrency • Experience with front-end testing methodologies and tools, such as React Testing Library, Cypress, and Jest • Experience with serialization and deserialization frameworks like Protobufs • Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance, at a minimum PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: • Prior experience leading teams at the intersection of hardware/embedded devices and software interfaces (e.g., SoC integration, robotics, IoT, or edge computing) • Technical breadth covering backend/systems programming languages (C, C++, Rust, or Go) and modern microservice architectures • Experience with IPC models in embedded contexts • Experience implementing authentication and authorization in classified or air-gapped environments

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