Software Engineer, Real-Time Generalist
Swarm Aero16 days ago
Remote, United States or San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$190k - $275k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and build the full-stack Command & Control system for large swarms of heterogeneous aircraft.
- Design foundational systems, technical patterns, and interfaces for the Legion platform.
- Build collaborative real-time infrastructure for controlling aircraft through degraded or intermittent communications.
- Develop visualizations and interactions for telemetry, sensor data, mission schedules, crew resources, data links, and other operational information.
- Own major features end to end from system design and architecture through implementation, testing, and deployment.
- Work with operators, designers, and engineers across software, autonomy, and aircraft systems.
- Ship and iterate quickly using the team’s CI/CD, QA, and DevSecOps practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience building complex full-stack applications with substantial frontend and backend depth.
- Strong UI/UX instincts and practical ability to implement them.
- Production experience building web interfaces with React or a comparable modern framework.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance; an active Secret clearance is preferred but not required.
- Must meet the stated ITAR eligibility requirements.
Benefits
- Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company.
- Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
- Paid time off and paid sick leave.
- Monthly wellness stipend.
- Daily catered lunch at the office.
- Paid parental leave.
- Opportunity for direct impact on a critical national security mission.
- Competitive base salary is offered, but no amount is stated.
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About Swarm Aero
Swarm Aero develops swarming unmanned aircraft and command-and-control software that coordinate thousands of heterogeneous autonomous drones for defense and national security operations. The privately held company, founded in 2022, is building an aircraft purpose-built for swarm deployments and a distributed perception and sensor-fusion stack to give operators a shared picture of the battlespace.