Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Defense

Highlights

• Build software-defined command and control to defeat ballistic threats.
• Scale AI-powered Lattice OS for real-time air and missile defense.
• Deploy edge capabilities in real-world tests with operators in the field.

Ideal candidate

Seasoned pragmatic engineer who thrives in ambiguity and owns mission-critical systems end-to-end. Motivated by real-world defense impact and collaborating with operators to ship fast.

Requirements

• 8-12+ years writing production software in languages like C++, Rust, Go, or Python that real users or systems depend on
• Owned a feature or service end-to-end including design, implementation, deployment, and dealing with it when it breaks
• Debugged problems in code you didn't write and systems you didn't design
• Comfortable making engineering decisions with incomplete requirements and revisiting them when reality disagrees
• Can explain technical tradeoffs to non-software engineers including operators, hardware engineers and customers
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance