End-to-End Full-Stack Engineer — Real-Time Drone Ops

Swarm Defense; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Swarm Defense is seeking a self-starting Full-Stack Software Engineer who can work across the stack, from flight firmware APIs to operator interfaces and web frontends. You will own features end to end, integrate MAVLink messaging, and work with a tight-knit team handling large volumes of live data in real-time.

You’ll collaborate with senior engineers and firmware to ensure robust interfaces, test coverage, and performance optimization across backend and frontend components, in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• US citizenship required.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience across both frontend and backend.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, and React with TypeScript preferred; comparable languages and demonstrated ability to learn new languages acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Own features end to end, from backend services and APIs through to the operator-facing interface.
• Build and maintain APIs and services in Go and Python that interface with drone firmware and onboard hardware.
• Implement and extend MAVLink messaging, including custom messages, commands and telemetry handling between ground software and aircraft.
• Build frontend interfaces in React and TypeScript for new features across desktop and mobile.
• Work with the firmware team to define interfaces and message contracts, and test them together on real and simulated hardware.
• Write and maintain automated tests at every level (unit, integration, end-to-end and simulation-based) for the code you ship, and help grow test coverage across the stack.
• Profile, debug and optimize performance across the stack, from high-rate telemetry processing on the backend to rendering on the frontend.
• Participate in code reviews, promote team best practices, and contribute to code quality and documentation.
• Support customer relations and internal teams with software troubleshooting and documentation.
• Participate in field testing opportunities as needed.

Skills

Go

Python

React TS

REST APIs

Websockets

Linux

Docker

SQL databases

CI/CD

Git

Tools

MAVLink

PostgreSQL

SQLite

Job description

Swarm Defense is seeking a self-starting Full-Stack Software Engineer who can work across the stack, from flight firmware APIs to operator interfaces and web frontends. You will own features end to end, integrate MAVLink messaging, and work with a tight-knit team handling large volumes of live data in real-time.

You’ll collaborate with senior engineers and firmware to ensure robust interfaces, test coverage, and performance optimization across backend and frontend components, in a fast-paced,