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Software Engineer, Strategic Defense

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Build scalable software solutions for integrated air and missile defense systems, focusing on mission autonomy, resilient mesh architectures, and real-time command and control.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Defense/AI Systems)

Builds

End-to-end mission software and scalable defense systems for national security

Domain

Defense technology, AI, robotics, and distributed networks

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Go, Rust, Python, React, Angular, data processing, complex system navigation

Preferred skills

Safety-critical software development, distributed communication networks, 4+ years industry experience

Technologies

Lattice OS, Go, Rust, Python, React, Angular

Responsibilities

Own deployed software solutions, write code to scale mission capability, collaborate on complex functionality, analyze metrics for debugging, triage failures, partner with end-users to define features, travel up to 50% to Asia Pacific for deployment

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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