Software Engineer, Frontend Lead

🕒 August 21

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $190k - $300k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Swarm Aero

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2022

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Seed on 2024-09

Aerospace • Defense • Manufacturing

Swarm Aero is a developer and manufacturer of uncrewed aerial systems built from the ground up for swarming operations. The company combines on-aircraft autonomy, a universal swarm node (sensor mesh and edge compute), and swarm-scale command-and-control so small teams can mobilize large numbers of UAVs in communications-limited or contested environments. Swarm Aero emphasizes high-rate composite manufacturing and concurrent factory design to scale production, and pursues both defense-focused applications (payloads in contested environments, detecting/tracking mobile assets, security/defense in depth) and civilian uses (cargo delivery, disaster response, resilient communications, environmental observation). The leadership team includes experienced aerospace engineers, high-production manufacturing leads, and senior military advisors.

📋 Description

• Own and architect the frontend for Legion's Command & Control system directing swarms of heterogeneous aircraft • Build real-time, collaborative interfaces for controlling large numbers of aircraft simultaneously, including during communication outages • Design and ship UI concepts for vehicle telemetry, sensor data, scheduling, crew resources, data link management, and related functions • Set frontend architecture, patterns, and standards for the team • Ship frequently with strong CI/CD, QA, and DevSecOps

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience • 8+ years building complex, production frontend applications • Track record of owning frontend architecture • Elite UI/UX instincts and the tools to back them up • Deep experience building production web interfaces with React or a comparable modern framework • Experience mentoring engineers and setting technical direction for a frontend team • Experience with both immediate mode (games, simulation) and retained mode UI paradigms • Track record with performance-sensitive application development • Familiarity with video streaming protocols • WebGL/OpenGL experience • Experience with geospatial applications • Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

🏖️ Benefits

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company • Competitive base salary commensurate with experience • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401k • PTO and paid sick leave • Monthly wellness stipend • Daily catered lunch (office) • Paid parental leave • Direct impact on a critical national security mission • A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems