# Software Engineer, Real-Time Systems (Early Career) at Swarm Aero

- Company: Swarm Aero
- What the company does: Swarm Aero is an aerospace and defense company that develops large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms to operate in coordinated drone swarms for defense, logistics, and sensing missions. Backed by Purple Arch Ventures.
- Company website: https://swarm.aero
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $170K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-28
- Apply by: 2026-11-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/swarmaero/7d3783c5-f98c-4def-8c33-6de907aab30e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/swarm-aero-software-engineer-real-time-systems-early-career/

## About the role

Build and ship features in the C2 system that directs swarms of heterogeneous aircraft Work on systems that hold state and stay responsive when comms degrade or drop entirely

## What they're looking for

- Degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent self-taught depth
- Real strength in fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking, systems
- Evidence you've built something hard because you wanted to. A renderer, an emulator, a game, a compiler, a multiplayer server, a robotics project, a serious open source contribution. We care more about what you've built than where you worked
- Comfort writing code at more than one layer of the stack, and no strong attachment to staying at one
- Willingness to work on problems where the right answer isn't known yet, and to be wrong in public on the way to finding it
- Swarm Aero is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability

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