Senior Data Platform Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate the foundational data infrastructure that powers the Air Dominance & Strike division.

In this role, you will be the architect of a scalable, reliable, and easy-to-use platform that enables analytics engineers, data scientists, software engineers, flight test engineers, and field operators to build high-impact analyses and data-driven applications across the product lifecycle — from design and manufacturing through flight test and field operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of a scalable, self-service data platform that serves as the foundation for analytics and data applications across the organization
• Architect and manage the underlying cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD best practices to support the data platform
• Design and implement solutions for multi-server data access in disconnected and intermittently-connected environments, including conflict resolution and merging on reconnect
• Build robust ETL/ELT pipelines in Python (e.g., Polars) leveraging modern DAG-based orchestrators and parallelization techniques to process data
• Implement agentic data processing workflows with strong guardrails, validation, and human-in-the-loop controls to ensure safe and reliable automation
• Partner with and empower platform users — including analytics engineers, data scientists, and software engineers — by providing robust tooling, clear documentation, and a seamless developer experience
• Apply SRE principles to ensure the data platform is highly available, performant, and observable — establishing SLOs, automating operational tasks, and leading incident response
• Evolve the platform's architecture by evaluating and integrating new technologies from the modern data stack to meet the ever-changing needs of the business

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a combination of data platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles
• 5+ years experience in technical operating roles
• Leader - You’re skilled in leading through influence and diving into the details yourself but also have experience in building high-performing teams
• Strong communicator - Demonstrated aptitude for strategic partnerships and communication with (non-)technical Stakeholders
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining platforms with key components of the modern data stack, such as data lakehouse technologies (e.g., Apache Iceberg), query engines (e.g., Trino/Presto, AWS Athena), transformation tools (e.g., dbt), and real-time stream & batch processing platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka, Apache Spark)
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), particularly Terraform, for managing complex cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong proficiency in DevOps and software deployment practices, including containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm), GitOps & CI/CD tooling (e.g., ArgoCD, CircleCI), and observability/monitoring/APM platforms (e.g., Datadog, Grafana)
• Procedural fluency in writing, debugging, profiling, testing, and maintaining performant Python and SQL code
• Experience with data pipeline orchestration tooling (e.g., Flyte, Airflow, Dagster)
• Experience writing code in another language (e.g., Go, Java, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Proof of delivery — you've owned a project end-to-end from ambiguity to delivered, scalable outcome
• Strong communicator — demonstrated aptitude for strategic partnerships and communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Engineering fundamentals — Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or similar background
• Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to architect robust technical solutions for ambiguous and dynamic platform requirements
• Energized by business impact and a self-starter mindset: you'd rather build an imperfect solution quickly that is used by many people than a perfect solution that collects dust

Qualifications

• Exposure to enterprise data/ontology platforms (e.g., Palantir Foundry, Redshift, Looker, Tableau)
• Experience setting up and managing infrastructure to support analytical workloads on-premises or in resource-constrained environments
• Experience working with specialized data formats (e.g., MCAP, HDF5) common in domains like robotics, aerospace, and flight test
• Prior hardware, defense, aerospace, or intelligence domain experience
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), particularly Terraform, for managing complex cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)

Skills

• Deep expertise in data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and modern data systems
• Ability to combine deep expertise in data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and modern data systems to create a cohesive ecosystem
• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
• At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

Pay

US Salary Range $146,000—$194,000 USD

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
• At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.