Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Geospatial Platform)

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

Terra is Anduril's geospatial platform team, providing maps, imagery, elevation, bathymetry, charts, and environmental data used across Anduril's products.

We're looking for a software engineering leader to run Terra, leading a team of about a dozen engineers, setting technical and product direction for geospatial data at Anduril, and owning production systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of software and GIS engineers.
• Own delivery and reliability of Terra's production systems.
• Set roadmap for Anduril's common map environment.
• Work with business lines to understand mission needs and turn requests into products.
• Own Terra's map content strategy.
• Communicate what Terra builds through product docs, demos, and roadmaps.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years building software, including 3+ years managing engineering teams.
• Background in geospatial, GIS, mapping, or remote sensing.
• Experience with Go, Python, and cloud infrastructure.
• Track record of owning production data or serving systems.
• Experience with large-scale data processing and storage.
• Strong technical judgment and clear communication skills.
• Willingness to directly support safety and security of people in combat zones.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Shipped mapping or imagery products to external users.
• Experience with offline, edge, or intermittently connected deployments.
• Experience working with data vendors, content licensing, or usage tracking.
• Exposure to simulation, game engines, digital twins, or perception and ML training data.

Benefits: Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive and competitive benefits packages.