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. ### What You’ll Do
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of a scalable, self-service data platform that serves as the foundation for analytics and data applications across the organization
Architect and manage the underlying cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD best practices to support the data platform
Design and implement solutions for multi-server data access in disconnected and intermittently-connected environments, including conflict resolution and merging on reconnect
Build robust ETL/ELT pipelines in Python (e.g., Polars) leveraging modern DAG-based orchestrators and parallelization techniques to process data
Implement agentic data processing workflows with strong guardrails, validation, and human-in-the-loop controls to ensure safe and reliable automation
Build ML-ready feature sets and deploy validated models into production in environments where data quality and integrity are paramount
Partner with and empower platform users — including analytics engineers, data scientists, and software engineers — by providing robust tooling, clear documentation, and a seamless developer experience
Apply SRE principles to ensure the data platform is highly available, performant, and observable — establishing SLOs, automating operational tasks, and leading incident response
Evolve the platform's architecture by evaluating and integrating new technologies from the modern data stack to meet the ever-changing needs of the business
Who You Are
2+ years of experience in a combination of data platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secret Clearance or higher, and comfort operating in air-gapped, classified, and/or other highly constrained network environments
Hands-on experience building and maintaining platforms with key components of the modern data stack, such as data lakehouse technologies (e.g., Apache Iceberg), query engines (e.g., Trino/Presto, AWS Athena), transformation tools (e.g., dbt), and real-time stream & batch processing platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka, Apache Spark)
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), particularly Terraform, for managing complex cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
Strong proficiency in DevOps and software deployment practices, including containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm), GitOps & CI/CD tooling (e.g., ArgoCD, CircleCI), and observability/monitoring/APM platforms (e.g., Datadog, Grafana)
Procedural fluency in writing, debugging, profiling, testing, and maintaining performant Python and SQL code
Experience with data pipeline orchestration tooling (e.g., Flyte, Airflow, Dagster)
Experience writing code in another language (e.g., Go, Java, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript)
Proof of delivery — you've owned a project end-to-end from ambiguity to delivered, scalable outcome
Strong communicator — demonstrated aptitude for strategic partnerships and communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Engineering fundamentals — Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or similar background
Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to architect robust technical solutions for ambiguous and dynamic platform requirements
Energized by business impact and a self-starter mindset: you'd rather build an imperfect solution quickly that is used by many people than a perfect solution that collects dust
Experience setting up and managing infrastructure to support analytical workloads on-premises or in resource-constrained environments
Experience working with specialized data formats (e.g., MCAP, HDF5) common in domains like robotics, aerospace, and flight test
Experience with the Nix (dependency management & system configuration) ecosystem
Prior hardware, defense, aerospace, or intelligence domain experience
Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), particularly Terraform, for managing complex cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
US Salary Range
$113,000—$149,000 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:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
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Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address. - Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to contact@anduril.com. - Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links. - What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts. ###
