Senior Front End Software Engineer, React

Arlington · Seattle · Washington · Washington, DC (DC-01) · USD 191,000-292,000 · Full-time · Remote · Posted Oct 11, 2026

At a glance

As a Software Engineer in Strategic Defense, you will write code side-by-side with elite peers to solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more.
You will be owning all front end decisions for a team of 30+ engineers.
You'll make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way to ensure Anduril products achieve a variety of desired outcomes in ambiguous situations where more is on the line than money or corporate gains.

Develop tools and capabilities that extend Anduril's Lattice OS to solve unique customer problems in the command and control of complex assets, the planning and execution of missile defense missions, networking, and remote asset management in far-edge environments.
Collaborate closely with customers, product designers, and other engineering teams to shape and build new software products and applications, optimizing for maximum value to the end user.
Build, test, deploy, and demonstrate mission-critical code in a tight feedback loop with end users.
Travel up to 25% of the time to participate in customer events and deploy capabilities in real-world scenarios.
Contribute to the development of existing software services across Anduril, aiming to develop reusable components that contribute to success across multiple Anduril product lines.

Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
Proficiency with web-based technologies, specifically React and Typescript
Ability to empathize with end-users, to turn needs into features, and to balance user experience with engineering constraints
Experience with real-time user interfaces that use reactive programming libraries - ReactJS or similar
Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers
Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next

Travel up to 25% of the time to participate in customer events and deploy capabilities in real-world scenarios.