Job Summary:
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, improve, and maintain the core package set that supports software distribution throughout the company, while providing expertise in Nix and assisting in training other engineers.
Responsibilities:
• Maintain an internal package set in order to enable software distribution across the company for development, hosted services, and embedded devices
• Package open-source and proprietary software components using Nix
• Improve developer ergonomics by defining Nix usage standards, creating tooling support, and integrating with developer workflows
• Provide assistance, training, and mentorship to other team members
Qualifications:
Required:
• Proficiency with Nix, Nixpkgs, NixOS, and functional programming generally
• Deep understanding of how build systems and packaging ecosystems work
• Ability to dive into large and complicated systems, and use Nix to improve them
• Experience with one or more of the following languages: Rust, C++, Go, Python, Haskell
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred:
• Experience with managing cloud computing resources (eg: AWS)
• Experience with modern build and deployment tooling, and continuous integration (e.g. NixOS, Terraform)
• Experience designing complex software systems, and iterating upon designs via a technical design review process
• Familiarity with industry standard monitoring, logging, and data management tools and best practices
• A bias towards rapid delivery and iteration
Company:
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that specializes in developing advanced autonomous systems to enhance national security. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.