Director Software Engineering, Developer Platform and Infrastructure

Overview

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.

As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About the Team

The Developer Platform and Infrastructure organization is responsible for the core developer platform that enables our internal business lines to build on a software platform to deliver innovative defense products. The organization is responsible for creating internal tools and platform abstractions that significantly enhance productivity, reliability, and scalability across the company. As the Head of Developer Platform and Infrastructure, you will lead strategic initiatives, set architectural direction and manage a cross-functional team of engineers dedicated to internal platform innovation.

This role will be based out of our HQ in Costa Mesa, CA.

What Youll Do

• Lead and manage a diverse team of software engineers and technical leaders.

• Own, drive, and execute strategic vision and technical roadmap for Developer Platform.

• Own building the heartbeat & rhythm of releases of the Developer Platform to most efficiently enable Anduril to leverage & move fast to deliver products. Enable key stakeholders with a best in class Developer Platform.

• Drive architectural alignment and ensure robust, scalable platform abstractions and internal tooling.

• Foster strong collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders, including product managers, infrastructure teams, and engineering leadership.

• Coordinate across all of Software Platform to create optimized flow of many software products into a scalable release methodology.

• Oversee technical excellence, reliability, and scalability of internal software platforms and services.

• Champion best practices in software development, Dev Ops, security, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in senior management or leadership roles.

• Proven track record leading software platform teams, developing internal tooling, and platform-level abstractions.

• Strong technical background in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and platform design.

• Deep proficiency in software engineering principles & architecture especially APIs, microservices and service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Experience with programming languages (Rust, Go, Python, C++, React, or similar).

• Deep proficiency in data architectures & experience with data platforms. DB experience with SQL/No

SQL.

• Demonstrated success managing teams across multiple complex projects and initiatives.

• Exceptional strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and communication skills with cross-functional teams.

• Fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and innovation within the team.

• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements.

• Ability to align Developer Platform, Release, & Automation initiatives with business goals and drive measurable results.

• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, etc.), and modern Dev Ops practices.

• Proficiency in Dev Ops tools, practices, and principles (CI/CD, automation, Testing, QA, etc.).

• Experience with risk management and security best practices.

• Developing and implementing robust rollback plans to quickly recover from issues and minimize the impact of problematic releases.

• Implementing monitoring and observability solutions to track application performance,…