Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Anduril’s Simulation software group is seeking a Software Technical Lead Manager to lead our Software Integration Environment (SIE) team. The SIE team owns a compute platform aimed at simulation testing/software-in-the-loop workflows. The SIE team owns the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of the platform. The technical challenges range from UI/UX to compute technologies such as live migrations or virtual networking, to release management and high-side deployment. The SIE platform is used heavily internally by Anduril R&D teams, and deployed externally as a user-facing product. Our goal is to be the compute one-stop-shop for Anduril's internal teams and customers.
ABOUT THE JOB
As a Software Technical Lead Manager, your role is to be both the engineering manager and technical lead. As the technical lead, you will own the technical/product vision and roadmap of the SIE team, uphold the technical bar, and provide technical mentorship and growth to team members. As the engineering manager, you will work alongside other software leads and business line leads to ensure the SIE is utilized to its fullest potential, and grow the SIE team appropriately.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Develop and implement the product roadmap of the SIE team, in collaboration with SIE stakeholders to plan timelines accordingly
- Collaborate across organizations (design, business development, security) to deliver the SIE as an external-facing Anduril software product
- Uphold the team's technical bar by performing design/code reviews and providing technical mentorship
- Own the SIE's infrastructure stack and release management to ensure the SIE is easily deployable to new use cases, including in offline/air-gapped environments
- Team management
- Manage and provide career mentorship to a team of 8-12 software engineers
- Grow the team appropriately to handle the growing user base and demands
- ~30% of the time will be hands-on coding/independent contribution
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- At least 2 years of experience leading a software engineering team, including performance management, task planning/execution (Agile, etc.), and mentoring software engineers of varying levels and strengths
- At least 5 years of experience designing and building high-scale cloud infrastructure, compute platform, and/or deployment infrastructure technologies
- Experience using Kubernetes or other containerization technologies
- Experience in a backend development programming language such as (but not limited to) Golang, Java, or C++
- Experience maintaining a production software stack with strict uptime and support SLAs
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in industries such as robotics, autonomy, or simulation
- Experience building testing or data analysis platforms and end-user tooling
- Experience collaborating with product designers and frontend engineers to design smooth, intuitive user interfaces and workflows
- Experience deploying software to a restricted, air-gapped, or on-premise environment
- Experience owning an external customer-facing software product
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or an engineering discipline
US Salary Range
$196,000—$294,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
- Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
- For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
- Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
- Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
- 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
- Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
- A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
- Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
- Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
- Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
- 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!
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