Engineering Full-Time

Forward Deployed Engineer (Remote)

Swarm Aero • San Francisco

Company

Swarm Aero

Annual salary

$180k – $240k/yr

Location

San Francisco

Listed

102d ago

Experience:: 5 to 7 years
Workplace:: US-based with 50%+ domestic and international travel
Visa:: Visa sponsorship not available
Equity:: Competitive

Remote (listed in San Francisco). Visa sponsorship not available.

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About this Role

We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer with 5, 7 years of experience to embed directly with U.S. Military and government customers and own the technical success of Swarm Aero's C2 systems in live operational environments. You'll be equal parts software engineer and field operator, writing production code, debugging distributed systems under pressure, and deploying software in high-stakes contexts most engineers never touch.

What will you be doing?

Deploying and integrating C2 software on-site with military operators across domestic and international locations (50, 75% travel to coastal/water-adjacent sites)
Break-fix troubleshooting and rapid code development in the field, gathering requirements directly from uniformed operators and shipping solutions same-day
Working hand-in-hand with drone operators, potentially flying assets in the air, water, or on land during live missions
Feeding hard-won field insights back to the core engineering team to improve the product
Operating autonomously in ambiguous, resource-constrained environments, sometimes hooking up hardware, sometimes cranking out code, sometimes doing technician work

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The listing gives $180k – $240k/yr.

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Yes, the listing is remote. US-based with 50%+ domestic and international travel. Visa sponsorship not available.