Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

Swarm Aero

United States

Remote

USD 34,000 - 55,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive salary

Medical/dental/vision

401k

PTO & sick leave

Wellness stipend

Catered lunch

Parental leave

Impactful mission

World-class team

Job summary

Swarm Aero in the United States is offering an internship to own a scoped project and deliver useful work for our swarming aircraft and Legion control system, with mentorship from the people responsible for the system.

You will build features across frontend and backend, work on telemetry interfaces and data pipelines, write tests, and prepare a final presentation that demonstrates what you built and learned over the summer.

Qualifications

Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field.
Strong programming fundamentals and experience building a substantial software project.
Experience with a modern frontend framework, backend language, systems language, or full-stack application.
Ability to explain technical tradeoffs, debug methodically, and write maintainable code.

Responsibilities

Build product features across frontend, backend, full-stack, real-time, or forward-deployed software
Develop interfaces for telemetry, geospatial data, mission planning, scheduling, collaboration, or system health
Build and operate backend services, APIs, event-driven systems, or data pipelines
Write automated tests, improve developer tooling, and help ship production-quality software
Support integration and test events, debug issues across services and networks, and turn what you learn into product improvements

Skills

Programming fundamentals

Frontend framework

Backend language

Full-stack development

Systems language

Debugging

Explain tradeoffs

Education

CS/SWE degree

Tools

React

TypeScript

Python

Rust

C++

Job description

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.

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Legion is not a normal web application. It is command and control software that has to present dense real-time information, coordinate distributed systems, and continue being useful when communications are imperfect.

WHAT WE DO

Swarm Aero is redefining air power. We are building autonomous aircraft and Legion, command and control software designed to coordinate large numbers of heterogeneous autonomous systems. Our team combines experience building novel aircraft, scaling startups, and delivering technology for national security.

THE INTERNSHIP

You will own a scoped project with a clear technical or business outcome, work directly with the people responsible for the system, and present what you built and learned at the end of the summer. The goal is not to give you practice work. It is to give you useful work with the support to do it well.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Build product features across frontend, backend, full-stack, real-time, or forward-deployed software
Develop interfaces for telemetry, geospatial data, mission planning, scheduling, collaboration, or system health
Build and operate backend services, APIs, event-driven systems, or data pipelines
Write automated tests, improve developer tooling, and help ship production-quality software
Support integration and test events, debug issues across services and networks, and turn what you learn into product improvements

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field, with graduation and enrollment requirements to be confirmed.
Strong programming fundamentals and experience building a substantial software project
Experience with a modern frontend framework, backend language, systems language, or full-stack application
Ability to explain technical tradeoffs, debug methodically, and write maintainable code

WHAT SETS YOU APART

React, TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, C++, or similar tools
Distributed systems, networking, real-time applications, maps, games, simulation, or data visualization
Linux, Docker, CI/CD, customer-facing engineering, or deployed project experience

WHAT YOU DO NOT NEED

Aerospace experience, a perfect GPA, or a previous internship at a famous company. Show us what you have built, analyzed, tested, organized, or improved, and be ready to explain your contribution clearly.

THE HONEST VERSION

The pace is fast, the problems will not arrive fully defined, and you may spend part of the summer learning why your first approach was wrong. We will expect you to ask questions, test your assumptions, document your work, and leave the project better than you found it.

ITAR requirement

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, 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 the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Swarm Aero is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability.

WHAT WE OFFER