Software Engineer, Dev Infra, Air Defense

About the role

The Air Defense DevInfra team builds and operates the software infrastructure the Air Defense program runs on. Our engineers are responsible for shipping systems to the Southern border, Iraq, Ukraine, and more. We own developer productivity, build and release tooling, and the cloud infrastructure beneath it — the systems that let other engineers ship faster, with fewer surprises, and with the evidence their programs require.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate backend services and data pipelines
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Deploy and manage AWS (GovCloud and commercial) infrastructure
• Debug and troubleshoot production issues
• Own and improve developer productivity tools

Requirements

• At least 3+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Rust, Go, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, etc.
• Professional software development lifecycle experience using tools like version control, CI/CD systems, etc.
• Experience building 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).
• Experience with modern build and deployment tooling (e.g. NixOS, Terraform).
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
• Familiarity with industry-standard monitoring and logging tools.
• A bias toward rapid delivery and iteration.
• Bias toward rapid delivery and iteration.
• Previous experience working in an engineering setting: a startup (or startup-like environment), engineering school, etc.
• Exposure to containers, SBOM tooling, or vulnerability scanning (Syft, Grype, Trivy).
• Previous experience on a platform, devinfra, SRE, or developer-productivity team.

Qualifications

• U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information and eligibility for an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Skills

• Strong understanding of backend software development
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages
• Experience with cloud platforms and CI/CD tools
• Knowledge of industry-standard monitoring and logging tools
• Experience with modern build and deployment tooling
• Experience with containers, SBOM tooling, or vulnerability scanning
• Experience with platform, devinfra, SRE, or developer-productivity teams

Benefits

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
• Health, recovery, and whatever comes next support