Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer

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.

Frontier AI’s mission is to position Anduril as a global leader in AI for national security. As such, the Frontier AI team productizes the latest and greatest innovations in artificial intelligence such as large language models, large multi-modal language models, and edge multi-modal models for deployment into Anduril products, systems and business lines.

The Software Engineer - Frontier AI - Infrastructure role, in particular, focuses on infrastructure challenges as it pertains to the productization of frontier AI technologies on edge and air gapped environments. At a high-level, the role is expected to specialize in build, performance, deployment, evaluation, hardware and related problems.

You Should Apply if You

• Have at least 2 years experience working in AI infrastructure
• Are opinionated about software systems design, engineering and operation
• Have experience deploying complex infrastructure to production
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Experience with cloud and on-prem infrastructure with Kubernetes orchestration
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance

What You’ll Do

• Optimize our AI infrastructure for deployment on the edge in a heterogeneous set of environments:
• on a mesh
• on drones of various sizes
• in an edge-computing deployment in a shipping container
• and more
• Develop industrial grade build infrastructure and deployment pipelines for our AI models and applications
• Build evaluation pipeline for various large pre-trained models
• Advise our hardware teams on requirements for deployment
• Develop real-time observability and data collection pipelines to monitor AI systems in production
• [Bonus] develop custom performance optimized models for edge and air-gapped deployment, and for production-grade latency, resource and accuracy performance

Nice to Have

• Experience working in small teams such as a high-growth startup
• Experience with modern build and deployment tooling such as Nix and Terraform
• Ability to rapidly adapt and perform as a generalist when needed
• Experience with LLM deployment kits (such as vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, etc.)
• Experience with CUDA C++

US Salary Range$168,000—$252,000 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:

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision) that are 100% covered by Anduril for you and 90% covered for your dependents.
  • For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
  • For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!

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