Chief Software Engineer Head of Edge Systems & Fleet Management

Role Overview

Chief Software Engineer leading the Edge Systems & Fleet Management efforts within the Connected Warfare Division. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role that combines deep systems expertise with daily production coding, focusing on large-scale, software-defined systems that integrate software and hardware tightly.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement low-level and systems software that interfaces directly with hardware, operating systems, and networking layers
• Build scalable fleet management systems for provisioning, configuration, updates, health monitoring, and lifecycle management
• Develop observability infrastructure including metrics, logs, traces, and health models for large distributed systems
• Own services end-to-end: architecture, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and operational excellence
• Debug complex issues across software, OS, and hardware boundaries
• Collaborate closely with hardware, platform, and product teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent
• Deep systems experience with large-scale, software-defined systems
• Strong understanding of hardware-software integration
• Experience with distributed systems and fleet management
• Hands-on coding ability with production-level work

About the Team

The Connected Warfare Division is developing a Battlefield Edge Cloud and Platform for the tactical edge, powered by Anduril's Lattice orchestration framework and distributed Fabric and Data Mesh. The team is rapidly scaling and building systems that enable applications, data sharing, and decision-making at scale even when connectivity is contested.