Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Job Summary
ABOUT THE TEAM
As a Senior Data Engineer on the Analytics Team you will be collaborating with stakeholders across the company to design build and implement data pipelines and models that enable our next generation of technology to be deployed around the world. You will have a hand in helping shape the data platform vision at Anduril.
ABOUT THE JOB
Were looking for software and data engineers who are seeking high impact collaborative roles focused on driving operational execution. Ideally you are looking to learn what it takes to build the next generation of defense technology.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Lead the design and roadmap for our data platform
- Partner with operations product and engineering to advocate best practices and build supporting systems and infrastructure for the various data needs
- Own the ingest and egress frameworks for data pipelines that stitch together various data sources in order to produce valuable data products that drive the business
- Palantir Foundry is our central hub for data driven applications visualizations and large scale data analysis across the Anduril org. We manage a large user base and provide true data self service at scale.
- We use SQLMesh for data transformations giving our engineers the ability to work with SQL while enjoying software engineering best practices like version control testing and CI/CD for data pipelines.
- For querying data we utilize Athena an aws serverless solution that allows our team to run analytics directly on our data lake without managing infrastructure.
- Weve implemented Apache Iceberg as our table format providing advanced data management capabilities like schema evolution and time travel queries.
- We use Flyte for orchestration. It is a highly scalable kubernetes native modern orchestration platform similar to Airflow or Dagster.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 years of experience in a data engineering role building products ideally in a fast-paced environment
- You are motivated by our mission. We are working to solve the biggest problems in defense
- Good foundations in Python or another language
- Experience with Spark PySpark SQL and dbt
- Experience with Enterprise Data Systems like Palantir Foundry
- Experience with or interest in learning how to develop data services and data products
- Experience with AWS Azure or GCP security ecosystem containerization and associated tooling
- Knowledge of data & visualization tools such as Tableau
- Understand the importance of engineering with securitys best practices in mind
- You are empathetic: you are eager to see the world from your users perspective
- Youre energized by business impact & a self-starter: you love to drive the direction of ambiguous projects
- Drive to take ownership of and debug complex data transformation pipelines and data models
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
US Salary Range
$166000 - $220000 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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
Healthcare Benefits
- US Roles:Comprehensive medical dental and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- UK & AUS Roles:We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
- IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits
- Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
- Generous time off: 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.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: 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.
- Mental Health Resources: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.
- Professional Development:Annual reimbursement for professional development
- Commuter Benefits:Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
- Relocation Assistance:Available depending on role eligibility.
Retirement Savings Plan
- US Roles:Traditional 401(k) Roth and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
- UK & IE Roles:Pension plan with employer match.
- AUS Roles:Superannuation plan.
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.
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