Software Engineer, Intelligence Systems (Active Clearance)

ABOUT THE TEAM
Anduril builds world-class autonomous systems and distributed networking technologies that integrate sensors, compute, comms, and services into mission-critical operational effects. We’re expanding our software team to include a dedicated engineer to lead federation efforts to integrate various third-party software with internally developed systems that ensure secure, scalable, low-latency interoperability across systems.

As part of this team, you’ll design, implement, and operate core distributed systems supporting federation protocols, identity/auth workflows, API contracts, event routing, and resilient networking services used in production across cloud and on-prem environments. You’ll work closely with frontend developers, backend engineers, infrastructure, and product counterparts to drive federation strategy and execution.

Anduril’s software teams build from cloud to edge, use modern languages and frameworks, and value ownership, quality, and real-world impact. Federation is the connective tissue that enables Anduril’s products, partner systems, and third-party interfaces to interoperate securely and at scale. This role drives foundational technology that directly impacts how distributed systems collaborate in mission environments.

WHAT YOU’LL DO
Design & Implementation

• Architect, build, test, and deploy federation infrastructure supporting various third-party services and integrating with internally developed systems
• Develop APIs that enable secure interoperability with external partners.
• Build backend services in Go focused on performance, observability, and reliability.

Frontend & Full-Stack Collaboration

• Partner with frontend developers building federation-aware UIs (React/TS) for administration and observability.
• Ensure service APIs meet needs of both UI and system consumers.

Distributed Systems & Networking

• Solve complex networking and protocol challenges for reliable federation across public/private networks.
• Implement federation handlers, event queues, delivery guarantees, and retry/backoff strategies.

Platform & Deployment

• Work with Kubernetes and Terraform for service deployment, scaling, and secure isolation.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize services in cloud and hybrid environments.

Cross-Team Integration

• Drive integration with other platform teams, security, and storage services.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Core Software Skills

• Strong backend development experience; primary language: Go (production services).
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, distributed protocols, and security practices.

Federation & Protocols

• Experience implementing or consuming federation protocols (Matrix, XMPP, SIP, WebRTC, or similar).
• Understanding of authentication/authorization, token flows, and federated identity workflows.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Kubernetes experience (deploying, managing, troubleshooting workloads).
• Familiar with CI/CD, Terraform, containerization (Docker).
• Linux and cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure).

General

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience (backend systems, distributed services).
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and collaboration across teams.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior work with scalable federation solutions, real-time messaging systems, or federated video architectures.
• Comfortable with React/TypeScript and integrating frontend needs with backend APIs.
• Experience building scale-aware services with observability (metrics, logging, tracing).
• Familiar with React or functional UI frameworks.
• Experience in defense or regulated environments.