Senior Software Engineer, Generalist (Active Clearance)

Anduril
Washington
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 191,000 - 253,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Collaboration"]

Backend generalist software engineer role focused on designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure back-end services for mission-critical defense applications. Collaborate across disciplines to define requirements, optimize data pipelines, and contribute across the full software lifecycle in distributed systems, with active U.S. Top Secret clearance.

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Anduril
Anduril
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Senior Software Engineer, Generalist (Active Clearance)

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Job Summary

Backend generalist software engineer role focused on designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure back-end services for mission-critical defense applications. Collaborate across disciplines to define requirements, optimize data pipelines, and contribute across the full software lifecycle in distributed systems, with active U.S. Top Secret clearance.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure back-end services that power mission-critical applications and systems.
  • •Architect and implement robust data models, databases, and data pipelines to support extensive data processing, analysis, and storage requirements.
  • •Collaborate with front-end engineers, robotics engineers, and other stakeholders to define service requirements and ensure seamless integration of back-end components.
  • •Optimize system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions for efficient data flow and application responsiveness.
  • •Contribute to the entire software development lifecycle, from conceptualization and design to implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of distributed systems.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 191,000 - 253,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kEquityRelocationCommuter BenefitsRetirement SavingsLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceIncome Protection

Key Requirements

  • •Strong Technical Foundation in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
  • •Minimum of 5 years of hands-on back-end development experience using Go, Python, Java, Rust, or C++.
  • •Experience designing and managing data storage solutions (relational and NoSQL) and building data processing pipelines.
  • •Ability to learn quickly and contribute to sophisticated, distributed back-end systems and codebases.
  • •Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Experience:5+ yearsDefenseAutonomyAIComputer visionSensor fusion
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoPythonJavaRustC++Relational databasesNoSQLData pipelinesDistributed systems

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Top Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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