Anduril Industries · 1 month ago
Sr. Software Engineer, Data Platform
Costa Mesa, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$166K/yr - $220K/yr
5+ years expAnduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. As a Senior Data Engineer on the Analytics Team, you will collaborate with stakeholders to design, build, and implement data pipelines and models that support the deployment of next-generation defense technology.
AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)GovernmentMilitaryNational Security
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
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
We've 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
Qualification
Required
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 security's best practices in mind
You are empathetic: you are eager to see the world from your users' perspective
You're 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
Benefits
Healthcare Benefits
Income Protection
Generous time off
Family Planning & Parenting Support
Mental Health Resources
Professional Development
Commuter Benefits
Relocation Assistance
Retirement Savings Plan
Company
Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$6.25BKey Investors
AlphaTON Capital Corp.Founders FundU.S. Department of Defense
2025-12-16Corporate Round· $30M
2025-06-05Series G· $2.5B
2025-01-07Grant· $14.3M
Leadership Team
Brian Schimpf
Co-Founder and CEO
Joseph Chen
Co-founder
Recent News
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