Field-Deploy Software Engineer: Impactful C2 Systems

Swarmaero; Oxnard (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in a high-growth defense tech

Competitive base salary

Medical, dental, vision, 401k

PTO and paid sick leave

Monthly wellness stipend

Daily catered lunch

Parental leave

Job summary

Swarm Aero is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to embed with U.S. government and military customers and own the technical success of our C2 systems in the field. This role focuses on deploying, debugging, and scaling critical software across diverse environments and international deployments.

You will collaborate with U.S. military offices, support non-traditional hours, and travel up to 60% to test sites and customer locations, delivering reliable software for mission-critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, software engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent.
• Strong proficiency in at least one major programming language (Python, C/C++, Golang, Java).
• Solid networking fundamentals: NAT, DNS/mDNS, UDP/TCP, multicast, firewall basics.

Responsibilities

• Build and own critical software integrations for C2 systems in customer environments.
• Debug complex distributed systems issues in field contexts.
• Contribute to core service development with field insight for product improvements.
• Write code daily across the full stack to solve integration challenges and build monitoring.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Golang

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Swarm Aero is seeking a Forward Deployed Software Engineer to embed with U.S. government and military customers and own the technical success of our C2 systems in the field. This role focuses on deploying, debugging, and scaling critical software across diverse environments and international deployments.

You will collaborate with U.S. military offices, support non-traditional hours, and travel up to 60% to test sites and customer locations, delivering reliable software for mission-critical