Forward Deployed Engineer

Swarm Aero is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to embed directly with U.S. government and military customers, owning the technical success of their C2 systems in the field. This role involves building critical integrations, debugging complex distributed systems, contributing to core service development, and shipping solutions that warfighters depend on. The engineer will travel domestically and internationally up to 60% to test sites and customer locations, deploying software and t

Basic qualifications: Bachelor's degree in CS or related field, 3+ years professional software engineering experience, strong proficiency in Python, C/C++, Golang, or Java, solid networking fundamentals (NAT, DNS, UDP/TCP, multicast, firewall), Linux system administration and shell scripting, proven debugging skills, excellent communication, willingness to travel 60% domestically and internationally, eligibility for U.S. Secret security clearance. Preferred: containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)