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Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance)

Anduril· AFS : Strategic Defense Engineering
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Hybrid (Multiple (Costa Mesa, CA; Reston, VA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC))$191k - $292kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior software engineer role in Anduril’s Strategic Defense team, building software-defined command and control capabilities for ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats with active U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Own software solutions that are deployed to customers at the edge of innovation and necessity
  • Write code to improve robust C2 products and scale mission capabilities to broaden our impact
  • Collaborate across multiple engineering teams to plan, build, and test functionality of complex systems
  • Partner with end-users to turn needs into features quickly while balancing user experience and engineering constraints
  • Travel 10 - 30% with the team to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world where they’re needed most

Qualifications

  • Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance (or higher)
  • 8-12+ years writing production software in languages like C++, Rust, Go, or Python that real users or systems depend on
  • You've owned a feature or service end-to-end including design, implementation, deployment, and dealing with it when it breaks
  • You've debugged problems in code you didn't write and systems you didn't design
  • You're comfortable making engineering decisions with incomplete requirements and revisiting them when reality disagrees
  • You can explain technical tradeoffs to people who aren't software engineers (operators, hardware engineers, customers)

Skills

Required:Active security clearanceProduction software developmentEnd-to-end ownershipSystems debuggingRequirements ambiguity handlingCommunication to non-engineers

Benefits

  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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