Senior Data Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Business Operations

This role focuses on building and scaling data infrastructure and operational applications for a defense technology company. The primary focus is on data engineering and operational systems that support product development, manufacturing, and field operations, leveraging AI and data analytics. The role involves setting project priorities, leading engineers, identifying data systems, developing operational apps, and building scalable infrastructure.

What you'd actually do

  1. Set project impact, prioritization and timelines
  2. Build and grow a team of engineers, lead by example, as we grow and scale our business and field operations
  3. Partner with senior leaders to bring structure, insight, and velocity to Anduril’s highest-priority operational challenges
  4. Embed with various engineers to understand their workflows and locate their critical problems and bottlenecks
  5. Identify, structure and leverage various data systems that enables us to build tailored data-driven solutions

Skills

Required

  • python
  • SQL
  • react
  • typescript
  • dbt
  • Redshift
  • Looker/Tableau
  • Palantir Foundry

Nice to have

  • Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or similar background

What the JD emphasized

  • end-to-end ecosystem of first-class, operational software solutions
  • build and operate our products rapidly, at scale
  • scale production of our products from 1s to 1000s
  • systems and infrastructure that allows applications to mature, roll out and scale in the field