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Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense

Anduril


Job Location:

Columbia, SC - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 191000 - 253000
Posted: 27 September 2026 (4 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 25 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Strategic Defense team at Anduril is at the forefront of incubating and maturing AI-native offerings for the integrated air and missile defense domain. Were the architects of mission autonomy and resilient mesh architectures delivering scalable software solutions that meet some of the most urgent national security needs. By working hand-in-hand with elite teams in AI Edge Hardware Space Solutions Networking and Test Engineering we craft cutting-edge end-to-end systems that redefine mission success for major strategic capabilities.

ABOUT THE JOB

Andurils Strategic Defense business line is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to join our team.

You will be responsible for deploying and supporting Andurils products all over the world. You will go forward with products early on in their lifecycle and work with engineering teams to iteratively improve them over time. The challenges you will encounter are innumerable and unpredictable but you will be expected to take ownership of delivering the technical solution.

You must be both a teacher and a student able to coach teammates on systems that youve gained intimate familiarity with and then transition into mastering the next system. Youll also guide users through product employment and troubleshooting advise account managers on how to structure an operation to ensure technical success and communicate specific recommendations for product refinement to engineering teams.

WHAT YOULL DO

  • Support military air defense projects by executing technical operations conducting field maintenance providing customer field support and training
  • Tackle complex issues related to hardware software and networking in unstructured situations driving them to resolution
  • Communicate field issue status to internal and customer teams keeping them informed.
  • Support the development and implementation of comprehensive operational and logistical plans for various events
  • Ensure high availability and performance of air defense systems
  • Maintain support plans for hardware and software
  • Assist in event planning and resource allocation keeping key stakeholders informed about Technical Operations requirements
  • Incident response root-cause analyses (RCAs) for defense systems in the field
  • Conduct post-incident reviews and implement preventive measures
  • Maintain up-to-date documentation
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Ability to travel to Asia Pacific region for up to one months at a time (up to 50% of the year).
  • Strong engineering background from industry or school ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science Software Engineering Mathematics or Physics
  • Experience working with a variety of programming languages such as Go Rust or Python
  • Experience working with frontend frameworks such as React or Angular
  • Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
  • Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
  • A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • 5 years of experience of strong problem solving in unstructured environments at the interface of hardware software and networking
  • B.S. in computer science or related technical field
  • Network and Linux or equivalent experience preferred
  • Prior military or overseas contracting experience
  • Experience with Kubernetes

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:

Benefits

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC