Software Engineer, Tasking

Software Engineer, Tasking

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

The Tasking Team is part of the Lattice software platform and enables command and control of robots, sensors, and third-party integrations through our flexible, software-defined tasking framework. Our work spans both ground and robot software, creating a unified model for task delivery, state management, and execution reasoning. As a core software capability, the Tasking Team's work directly enables mission-critical operations across all domains, across Anduril products and missions, and developer program partners integrating with the Lattice SDK. Our solutions are designed for real-world deployment in the most demanding operational scenarios, where the ability to maintain command and control of autonomous systems can make the difference between mission success and failure.

About The Job

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team, where you will design and develop the core task management framework for Lattice, enabling reliable command and control of any autonomous agent integrated with the Lattice SDK. You will collaborate closely with platform teams, autonomy engineers, and end users to create solutions that enable efficient, reliable tasking of autonomous systems in real-world defense scenarios. If you are someone who is self-motivated, holds yourself to high standards, and thrives in a low-structure, high-autonomy environment, then this role is for you.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement core components of our Tasking framework, including services that manage task state, delivery, and distribution throughout the Lattice mesh network
• Create interfaces that enable third-party systems to integrate with our Tasking framework
• Collaborate with autonomy teams to ensure their platforms can reliably receive and execute tasks
• Work with platform teams to design APIs and protocols for task delivery and status reporting
• Build tooling to monitor, debug, and validate tasking operations across distributed systems

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on low-level distributed systems
• Deep experience with Go, Java, C++, Rust, or similar systems programming languages
• Proficiency with protocol design and implementation (gRPC, protobuf, etc.)
• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work across multiple engineering teams
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
• US Persons: Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with autonomous systems or command and control systems
• Background in developing systems for defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical applications
• Experience building, operating, and monitoring cloud services

US Salary Range: $166,000 - $220,000 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:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you
• We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents
• We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents
• Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees
• Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs
• Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting
• Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available
• Annual reimbursement for professional development
• Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region
• Available depending on role eligibility
• Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options
• Pension plan with employer match
• Superannuation plan