Staff Full-Stack Tech Lead Manager, Air Dominance
Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Full-Stack Tech Lead Manager to join its Air Dominance & Strike team, which focuses on developing advanced aerial and multi-domain robotic systems. This team is responsible for transforming concepts like the Fury unmanned fighter jet and Barracuda air-breathing cruise missile into operational products. Additionally, the team enhances Lattice for Mission Autonomy, Anduril's premier software platform that enables coordinated missions across various robotic systems.
In this role, you will lead a team of software engineers to deliver mission planning software, collaborating closely with end-users to translate their needs into functional features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints. You will own the mission autonomy systems and services deployed to customers, write code to improve products, and scale mission capabilities to a broader user base. Collaboration across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionalities is essential, as is creating and analyzing metrics for debugging and monitoring. The position requires up to 25% travel to build, test, and deploy capabilities in real-world environments.
Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance. A minimum of 8 years of experience with frontend languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, and React, as well as backend languages like Java, Python, C++, Rust, or Go, is required. Experience as a tech lead or tech lead manager for teams of at least five engineers is essential. A degree in Computer Science, Operations Research, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience, is necessary. Experience with data-intensive or map-based frontend applications and building software solutions involving significant data processing and analysis is preferred.
The salary range for this position is $220,000 to $292,000 annually, with highly competitive equity grants included in the compensation package. Anduril offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to employees, along with life and disability insurance. The company provides generous time off, including a holiday hiatus in December, and caregiver and wellness leave. Additional benefits include coverage for fertility treatments, adoption support, mental health resources, professional development reimbursement, commuter benefits, and potential relocation assistance.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company committed to transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By integrating cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology, Anduril aims to deliver innovative solutions to the military in months, not years. Joining Anduril offers the opportunity to work on critical software that has a real-world impact, within a collaborative environment that values rapid development and deployment of advanced defense technologies.