Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

Summary

Swarm Aero is building autonomous aircraft and Legion, command and control software designed to coordinate large numbers of heterogeneous autonomous systems. The Software Engineer Intern will own a scoped project and contribute to frontend, backend, full-stack, real-time, or forward-deployed software, including interfaces, backend services, testing, integrations, and product improvements.

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

• • 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
• 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
• • 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

Qualifications

Must Haves

• • 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
• 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

Nice to Haves

• • 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

Benefits

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave
• Direct impact on a critical national security mission