Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Simulation
Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of a distributed simulation product. This role involves enabling heterogeneous groups of robots to collaborate across multiple physical sites, contributing to the company's mission of transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
The engineer will be responsible for the full product lifecycle, including scoping user requirements, designing architecture, implementing solutions, and providing ongoing support. Key tasks include managing server-client discrepancies, optimizing GPU-intensive computations, registering new robots to the network, ensuring seamless software updates, transferring data across segregated networks, and monitoring simulation states for debugging and reporting purposes.
Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance. They should have recent experience with complex software codebases and prior experience in distributed simulation, particularly from developing network-based multiplayer games or similar defense contexts. Additionally, experience as a technical lead and mentor for teams of at least five engineers is required.
Preferred qualifications include a strong background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics, with over eight years of software engineering experience in languages such as C++, Golang, Java, Rust, or Python. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS, as well as familiarity with Nix, is also desirable.
The position offers a competitive salary range of $220,000 to $292,000 annually, along with highly competitive equity grants. Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, income protection through life and disability insurance, generous time off with a holiday hiatus in December, family planning and parenting support, mental health resources, professional development reimbursement, commuter benefits, and retirement savings plans.