Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

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

As a Senior Data Engineer on the Analytics Team, you will collaborate with stakeholders across the company to design, build, and implement data pipelines and models that enable the next generation of technology to be deployed around the world.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and roadmap for the data platform
• Partner with operations, product, and engineering to advocate best practices and build supporting systems and infrastructure for various data needs
• Own the ingest and egress frameworks for data pipelines that stitch together various data sources to produce valuable data products that drive the business
• Utilize Palantir Foundry for data-driven applications, visualizations, and large-scale data analysis
• Use SQLMesh for data transformations, allowing engineers to work with SQL while enjoying software engineering best practices
• Query data using Athena, an AWS serverless solution
• Implement Apache Iceberg as the table format, providing advanced data management capabilities
• Use Flyte for orchestration, a highly scalable, Kubernetes-native modern orchestration platform

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a data engineering role building products, ideally in a fast-paced environment
• Motivated by the company's mission 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
• Empathetic and eager to see the world from users' perspectives
• Energized by business impact and a self-starter, with a 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

• Competitive salary: $166,000-$220,000 USD
• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
• Healthcare Benefits
• Income Protection
• Generous time off
• Family Planning & Parenting Support
• Mental Health Resources
• Professional Development
• Commuter Benefits
• Relocation Assistance
• Retirement Savings Plan