- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Jul 20, 2026
- Salary
- $166,000–$220,000 a year
Full-time
Game Development Engineer
Job description
ABOUT THE TEAM Our team builds immersive, high-performance wargaming applications for both desktop and augmented reality that transform complex simulation state into intuitive, actionable, workflows that allow the warfighter to learn before the fight. Beyond visualization, our team builds the distributed systems and networking protocols that power these environments, integrating directly with Lattice to bridge synthetic wargaming with live, operational battlespace execution. We are looking for elite C++ engineers who operate from first principles and obsess over the end user experience as much as frame budgets.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform…
Job requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in modern C++ and deep foundational knowledge of software architecture and engineering principles.
- Experience shipping production features in video games, real-time simulation, or 3D visualization systems, with an appreciation for low-level systems.
- Strong foundation in 3D mathematics (linear algebra, vector math, coordinate transformations).
- Proven track record of navigating, architecting, and shipping within large, complex codebases with an eye for clean, extensible, and reusable code.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts and tradeoffs to both technical and operational stakeholders.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
- Shipped at least one AAA game title or commercial simulation product in an engineering role.