You will architect Legion, a browser-based command and control platform for managing massive swarms of autonomous aircraft. Moving beyond traditional dashboards, you’ll build real-time distributed systems and performance-sensitive telemetry visualizations that enable a single operator to direct heterogeneous assets in complex environments, defining a new paradigm for human-swarm interaction.
Software Engineer, Fullstack at Swarm Aero
Join Swarm Aero to build the software interface that controls the world’s largest autonomous drone swarms. As a Fullstack Engineer on the Legion team, you’ll architect a real-time C2 platform that empowers a single human operator to manage hundreds of heterogeneous aircraft simultaneously. If you have 6+ years of experience and want to move beyond standard CRUD applications to solve genuinely hard aerospace problems in San Francisco, this is your seat.
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Location
San Francisco, United States
Compensation
$200k-$320k + Equity
Company
Swarm Aero
Role overview
Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.
The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.
What you will do
- Architect the frontend for the Legion C2 system, enabling simultaneous command of heterogeneous aircraft even over intermittent or degraded communication links.
- Develop distributed, collaborative infrastructure for real-time aircraft control, handling massive telemetry data streams and performance-sensitive rendering using WebGL and geospatial tools.
- Own fullstack features end-to-end, from designing UI concepts for sensor data and mission scheduling to deployment via AWS GovCloud and Kubernetes.
Who this is a fit for
- Has 6+ years of experience building complex fullstack applications with deep proficiency in React and modern backend languages like Python, Go, or Java.
- Possesses strong UI/UX instincts and experience with performance-sensitive applications, video streaming protocols, or immediate mode UI paradigms like those found in gaming.
- Is a US Person (ITAR requirement) motivated by building mission-critical technology at a startup pace within a world-class engineering culture.
Why this role is remarkable
- Build the interface for the largest drone swarm on the planet, solving unique challenges in real-time distributed systems and telemetry visualization without existing prior art.
- Join a high-growth Series A startup that raised $59M from elite investors like Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and Coatue to redefine modern national security mission sets.
- Work alongside a world-class team of aerospace veterans who have designed over 30 novel aircraft and recently demonstrated a single operator controlling dozens of live-fire assets.
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