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Lead Software Architect, Rust
Anduril·Senior·On-site · Waltham, Massachusetts·$253k–$336k USD
Posted Aug 16, 2026·anduril.com
Company: Anduril Industries
Role: Lead Software Architect, Rust
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Department / Team: Battlespace Awareness Command and Control (C2) Systems Team
Security Clearance: Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Company & Product Overview
- Defense technology company developing systems powered by Lattice OS (an AI-powered operating system for real-time command and control).
- Focuses on autonomy, artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology for defense applications.
Role & Team Focus
- Team: Battlespace Awareness Command and Control Software Team.
- Scope: Define the architectural direction for large-scale, real-time, mission-critical C2 software powering air and missile defense and battlespace awareness capabilities.
- Deployment Context: Systems span tactical edge deployments to distributed backend infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the architectural vision for large-scale C2 software systems that ingest, fuse, and act on data from diverse sensors in real time.
- Lead the design and implementation of performant, real-time, numerics-heavy algorithms in Rust and/or C++ at production scale.
- Partner with research scientists to transition advanced algorithms (target tracking, state estimation, sensor-effector pairing, asset scheduling) from prototype into tactical, deployed code.
- Make architectural trade-offs across performance, modularity, testability, and maintainability for mission-critical, edge-deployed systems.
- Mentor and technically lead senior engineers; establish coding standards, review processes, and CI/CD practices across the team.
- Engage directly with defense stakeholders and agencies (such as DoD, Army, Air Force, MDA, SCO) regarding mission-critical requirements.
- Troubleshoot system issues across software, mathematical assumptions, sensor behaviors, and networking.
- Contribute across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including prototyping, modeling and simulation, field testing, and deployment.
- Assist in shaping technical hiring and organizational growth for the C2 team.
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Applied/Computational Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Controls/Dynamical Systems, Statistics, or a related field.
- Expert-level proficiency in modern C++ and/or Rust, including asynchronous and multithreaded programming (e.g., Tokio for Rust).
- Experience architecting large-scale, production-grade codebases in real-time or high-performance environments.
- Experience writing performant, real-time software with numerics-heavy algorithms.
- Foundation in applied mathematics: probability theory, linear algebra, optimization, differential equations (ODEs), and statistics.
- Experience with CI/CD, unit testing, git version control, and microservices.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- M.S. or Ph.D. in a technical field (software and math background).
- Domain expertise in target tracking, state estimation, Kalman filters, sensor fusion, or signal processing.
- Prior DoD program experience (Army, Air Force, MDA, SCO, Navy).
- Experience with GPU / CUDA kernel development.
Compensation & Benefits
Base Salary:
- Salary Range: $253,000 – $336,000 USD per year (base salary only).
- Equity: Equity grants included in full-time offers as part of total compensation.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health and recovery benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.
Application & Screening Details
- Transcripts: Academic transcripts (official or unofficial with non-technical details redacted) or detailed coursework/project summaries are requested during the application process.
- Export Controls & Background Screening: Roles are subject to U.S. export controls and pre-employment due diligence/risk screening via third-party service providers.
- Equal Opportunity: Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
