Forward Deployed Engineer II

The role

You will embed with U.S. government and military customers to own the technical success of C2 systems in the field. You will build software integrations, debug distributed systems, and contribute to core service development in real operational contexts.

What you will do

• Build and own critical software integrations in customer environments
• Debug complex distributed systems issues in the field
• Contribute to core service development
• Write code daily across the full stack
• Support continuous operational environments including on-call response
• Travel up to 60% to test sites and customer locations
• Collaborate with U.S. military and government program offices

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated ability
• Strong proficiency in at least one major programming language (Python, C/C++, Golang, or Java)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals: NAT, DNS/mDNS, UDP/TCP protocols, multicast, and firewall configuration
• Experience with Linux system administration and shell scripting
• Proven debugging skills across complex software systems
• Excellent communication skills
• Willingness and ability to travel 60% of the time, both domestically and internationally, including to remote or restricted-access locations
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• Active Secret clearance
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code
• Background in distributed systems, real-time systems, or robotics software
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Experience in customer-facing engineering or technical sales engineering roles
• Prior defense, intelligence community, or aerospace software experience
• Comfort operating in non-permissive or resource-constrained environments

Benefits

• Meaningful equity
• Competitive base salary
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance

About the company

Swarm Aero is building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The team has aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.