Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Senior Mission Data Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate the foundational data infrastructure for analytics and engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and modern data systems.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in a combination of data platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles.
- Active U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secret Clearance or higher and experience operating in air-gapped, classified, and/or other highly constrained network environments.
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining platforms with key components of the modern data stack, such as data lakehouse technologies (e.g., Apache Iceberg), query engines (e.g., Trino/Presto, AWS Athena), transformation tools (e.g., dbt), and real-time stream & batch processing platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka, Apache Spark).
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), particularly Terraform, for managing complex cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong proficiency in DevOps and software deployment practices, including containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Helm), GitOps & CI/CD tooling (e.g., ArgoCD, CircleCI), and observability/monitoring/APM platforms (e.g., Datadog, Grafana).
- Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to architect robust technical solutions for ambiguous and dynamic platform requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when communicating with a technical audience; an affection for documentation and a user-centric mindset.
- Procedural fluency in writing, debugging, profiling, testing, and maintaining performant Python and SQL code.
- Experience with data pipeline orchestration tooling (e.g., Flyte, Airflow, Dagster).
- Experience writing code in another language (e.g., Go, Java, Scala, JavaScript/TypeScript).
- Ability to comprehend and appropriately modify software written in a systems or lower-level language such as C/C++, Rust, Zig, etc.
- Experience with setting up and managing infrastructure to support analytical workloads on-premises or in resource-constrained environments.
- Experience working with specialized data formats (e.g., MCAP, HDF5) common in domains like robotics.
- Experience with the Nix (dependency management & system configuration) ecosystem.
- Strong Linux fundamentals and troubleshooting skills.
- Prior defense, aerospace, or intelligence domain experience.
- Deep intellectual interest in the intersection of infrastructure, analytics, and the physical hardware world, motivated by our mission.
- Exposure to the technical, programmatic, and operational challenges of developing and deploying advanced systems across various command echelons.
Benefits
- Healthcare Benefits
- Income Protection
- Generous time off
- Family Planning & Parenting Support
- Mental Health Resources
- Professional Development
- Commuter Benefits
- Retirement Savings Plan
