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Software Engineer, Strategic Defense

Anduril - Seattle, WA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-09-10

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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology. The company develops Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that integrates thousands of data streams into a real-time, 3D command and control center. Anduril brings cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to military applications. As a Software Engineer in the Strategic Defense division, you will solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics. You'll be driven by a "Whatever It Takes" mindset, executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making sound engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly, on-time, and with high quality. Key responsibilities include: - Own the software solutions deployed to customers - Write code to improve products and scale mission capability to more customers - Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality - Create and analyze metrics for debugging and monitoring - Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next steps - Partner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints - Travel up to 50% of the time to Asia Pacific to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world REQUIREMENTS: - Must be willing to travel up to 50% to Asia Pacific - Fluent Mandarin language skills (required) - Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics - Experience working with a variety of programming languages such as Go, Rust, or Python - Experience working with frontend frameworks such as React or Angular - Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis - Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases - Desire to work on critical software that has real-world impact PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - 4+ years of professional industry experience - Experience developing software/hardware for safety-critical functionality - Experience with distributed communication networks and message standards

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