Senior Production Engineer

Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesPosted 3 days ago

Role Overview

Anduril Industries is hiring a Senior Production Engineer. This is a contract role in Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia. Part of Anduril Industries's Devops hiring, posted 3 days ago. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

Salary Context

Salary is not disclosed in this posting. Market median for Senior-level Devops roles is $150k-$190k (based on 22 comparable listings). Many employers share specifics during the interview process or after an initial screen.

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Job description

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 SRE team owns reliability and infrastructure for Anduril's cloud deployments. We operate Kubernetes clusters, Terraform infrastructure, and observability platforms across 10+ production environments supporting active defense contracts. When platform services break under real operational load, we're the team that fixes them — often at the code level, not just the config level.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Senior Production Engineer to join our team in Costa Mesa, CA (or DC). In this role, you will be responsible for diagnosing and fixing stability vulnerabilities in core platform services that cause cascading failures in multi-tenant cloud deployments. You will write production Go to implement resilience patterns — leader election, circuit breakers, failure domain isolation — directly in service code. This will require deep experience with distributed systems, debugging complex failure modes across service boundaries, and writing production-quality Go. If you are someone who thrives on fixing hard reliability problems in live systems rather than building greenfield, this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Diagnose and fix stability vulnerabilities in core platform services that cause cascading failures under multi-replica, multi-tenant operation
Implement resilience patterns (leader election, circuit breakers, failure domain isolation) directly in service code
Design multi-replica support for services that currently assume single-instance operation
Collaborate with service owners on contract testing and upgrade validation
Trace cascading failures across service boundaries and drive them to root-cause fixes
Contribute to observability platform improvements to support service stability
Light infrastructure work: Terraform/Kubernetes changes to support service fixes (~20% of time)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Production-quality Go — you'll be modifying core platform services, not writing scripts
Practical experience with distributed systems: leader election, consensus, replication, failure modes
Kubernetes — enough to understand how services run (not necessarily cluster administration)
Debugging complex systems — tracing cascading failures across service boundaries
4+ years in SRE, platform engineering, or backend development roles
Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

NICE-TO-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS

Rust (some platform services use it)
Experience fixing reliability problems in production services (not just building greenfield)
Familiarity with gRPC service architectures
HashiCorp Consul or similar service discovery/mesh
FedRAMP/IL5 compliance environment experience
ArgoCD / GitOps workflows

US Salary Range

$166,000—$220,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:

No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I apply for the Senior Production Engineer position at Anduril Industries?

Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Anduril Industries. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.

Where is the Senior Production Engineer position at Anduril Industries located?

This position is based in Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia. Anduril Industries has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.

What does a Senior Production Engineer at Anduril Industries earn?

Anduril Industries has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.

When was the Senior Production Engineer role at Anduril Industries posted?

This role was posted on July 9, 2026 (3 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.

How much experience does the Senior Production Engineer role at Anduril Industries require?

This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Anduril Industries lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.

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