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Software Engineer, Strategic Defense

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Building a software-defined command and control layer for the Guam Defense System Battle Manager to detect and counter ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Defense Systems)

Builds

The Guam Defense System Battle Manager product and related strategic Command and Control systems.

Domain

Defense / Strategic Defense / Command and Control

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, data processing, complex system navigation, pragmatic engineering tradeoffs

Preferred skills

Physics, Mathematics, Motion Planning, multi-agent autonomous systems, behavior trees, flight systems software, military systems knowledge

Technologies

Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript

Responsibilities

Own deployed software solutions, write code to improve products and scale mission capability, collaborate across teams to build complex functionality, create and analyze metrics for debugging, triage issues and coordinate next steps, partner with end-users to define features

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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