Software Engineer, Fullstack ($200k-$320k + Equity) at Swarm Aero

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Job Title

Software Engineer, Fullstack

Salary

$200k-$320k + Equity

Company Description

Swarm Aero is a $59M Series A defense technology company backed by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures, building the world's largest autonomous UAV swarm network. Based in San Francisco, the team consists of aerospace veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Airbus who are redefining the future of air power.

Job Description

You will architect Legion, a browser-based command and control platform for managing massive swarms of autonomous aircraft. Moving beyond traditional dashboards, you'll build real-time distributed systems and performance-sensitive telemetry visualizations that enable a single operator to direct heterogeneous assets in complex environments, defining a new paradigm for human-swarm interaction.

Location

San Francisco, USA

Why this role is remarkable

• Build the interface for the largest drone swarm on the planet, solving unique challenges in real-time distributed systems and telemetry visualization without existing prior art.
• Join a high-growth Series A startup that raised $59M from elite investors like Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and Coatue to redefine modern national security mission sets.
• Work alongside a world-class team of aerospace veterans who have designed over 30 novel aircraft and recently demonstrated a single operator controlling dozens of live-fire assets.

What You Will Do

• Architect the frontend for the Legion C2 system, enabling simultaneous command of heterogeneous aircraft even over intermittent or degraded communication links.
• Develop distributed, collaborative infrastructure for real-time aircraft control, handling massive telemetry data streams and performance-sensitive rendering using WebGL and geospatial tools.
• Own fullstack features end-to-end, from designing UI concepts for sensor data and mission scheduling to deployment via AWS GovCloud and Kubernetes.

The ideal candidate

• Has 6+ years of experience building complex fullstack applications with deep proficiency in React and modern backend languages like Python, Go, or Java.
• Possesses strong UI/UX instincts and experience with performance-sensitive applications, video streaming protocols, or immediate mode UI paradigms like those found in gaming.
• Is a US Person (ITAR requirement) motivated by building mission-critical technology at a startup pace within a world-class engineering culture.

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