Senior Quality Engineer, Applied AI
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Job Summary
ABOUT THE TEAM
CorpTech Platform is the internal engineering force multiplier behind Andurils corporate systems.
It drives CorpTech engineering forward through strategic investment in data platforms software platforms QA and release excellence ERP engineering and AI infrastructure.
We build the foundations that power both CorpOS enabling Finance and Growth to operate with speed and precision and ArsenalOS the digital backbone of Andurils hardware enterprise. By unifying systems accelerating development velocity and embedding intelligence into every layer CorpTech Platform transforms how the company operates end to end.
We are also driving Anduril toward becoming an autonomous enterprise. Through initiatives like the Autonomous Software Factory we are rethinking how software is built tested deployed and evolved by integrating AI directly into the engineering lifecycle.
This is not a support function. It is a strategic engine. CorpTech Platform is how Anduril scales its business systems with the same rigor speed and adaptability as its mission critical products.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Act as the quality and reliability lead within a small senior AI development pod focused on solving novel high-impact business and engineering problems.
- Design and implement test strategies validation approaches and release readiness criteria for AI-enabled software automation and agentic workflows.
- Partner closely with software and AI engineers to identify failure modes early across code prompts models integrations infrastructure and user workflows.
- Build confidence in fast-moving solutions through automated testing observability instrumentation environment design and operational safeguards.
- Help define practical standards for reliability resiliency debugging and production operations in an AI-first development model.
- Contribute directly in code infrastructure and tooling where needed to improve delivery confidence developer feedback loops and production stability.
- Support launch readiness production issue response root cause analysis and continuous improvement for front-facing systems delivered by the pod.
- Evangelize strong engineering discipline in areas such as quality assurance release engineering infrastructure hygiene and incident prevention without sacrificing speed.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 years of experience in software engineering site reliability engineering quality engineering infrastructure engineering or a closely related role in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated experience building or operating reliable production software systems including ownership of testing observability deployment confidence and operational readiness.
- Strong technical fluency in modern software architectures APIs distributed systems CI/CD and cloud or platform infrastructure.
- Experience working with frontier AI tooling AI coding assistants LLM-enabled applications or agentic systems including awareness of the unique quality and reliability challenges these systems introduce.
- Ability to move between hands-on implementation and systems-level quality strategy with sound judgment on where rigor is required versus where speed is appropriate.
- Strong debugging root cause analysis and incident response instincts with a bias toward preventing classes of failures rather than repeatedly reacting to them.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior engineers and cross-functional stakeholders on quality and reliability trade-offs.
- Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience supporting AI-first or AI-accelerated software development teams including designing quality controls around non-deterministic system behavior.
- Experience with automated testing strategies spanning unit integration end-to-end performance and reliability testing for complex software products.
- Experience with infrastructure as code cloud platforms observability stacks release engineering and production operations.
- Experience in hyper growth startup-like environments with demonstrated success balancing speed ambiguity and engineering rigor.
- Familiarity with enterprise systems and business process domains such as ERP MES WMS CRM finance systems or manufacturing systems.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
US Salary Range
$191000 - $253000 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:
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Required Experience:
Senior IC