Principal Engineer, Real-Time Visualization

Location Remote Employment Type Full time Department Legion Compensation $250K – $325K Offers Equity OverviewApplication 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. Most frontend roles ask you to move pixels around a dashboard. This one asks you to architect the interface that controls the largest drone swarm on the planet. You'll lead the frontend architecture for Legion's Command & Control platform: the software that lets a single operator plan, direct, and execute missions across a networked swarm of heterogeneous aircraft, in real time, over intermittent comms, at a scale nobody else in the industry is attempting. This isn't CRUD. It's real-time, dense telemetry visualization, and interface design for a problem space that barely has prior art. WHAT YOU'LL DO Own and architect the frontend for a C2 system directing swarms of heterogeneous aircraftBuild real-time, collaborative interfaces for controlling large numbers of aircraft simultaneously, even when comms dropDesign and ship new UI concepts for representing vehicle telemetry, sensor data, scheduling, crew resources, data link management, and more, much of it with no existing playbook to followSet the frontend architecture, patterns, and standards that the rest of the team builds onShip early, ship often, backed by strong CI/CD, QA, and DevSecOps WHAT YOU'VE DONE Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience8+ years building complex, production frontend applications, with a track record of owning frontend architectureDeep experience building production web interfaces with React or a comparable modern frameworkExperience mentoring engineers and setting technical direction for a frontend team WHAT SETS YOU APART Experience with both immediate mode (games, simulation) and retained mode UI paradigmsA track record with performance-sensitive application developmentFamiliarity with video streaming protocolsGood UI/UX instinctsWebGL/OpenGL experienceExperience with geospatial applications WHY THIS ROLE You'll be one of the earliest engineers shaping how humans command autonomous systems at scale, work that's currently being defined in real time, by a small team, with your fingerprints on the architecture. If you want to build the future of human-swarm interaction rather than maintain someone else's, this is that seat. 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 Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology companyCompetitive base salary commensurate with experienceMedical, dental, vision, and 401kPTO and paid sick leaveMonthly wellness stipendDaily catered lunch (office)Paid parental leaveDirect impact on a critical national security missionA world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems Compensation Range: $250K - $325K 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. Most frontend roles ask you to move pixels around a dashboard. This one asks you to architect the interface that controls the largest drone swarm on the planet. You'll lead the frontend architecture for Legion's Command & Control platform: the software that lets a single operator plan, direct, and execute missions across a networked swarm of heterogeneous aircraft, in real time, over intermittent comms, at a scale nobody else in the industry is attempting. This isn't CRUD. It's real-time, dense telemetry visualization, and interface design for a problem space that barely has prior art. WHAT YOU'LL DO Own and architect the frontend for a C2 system directing swarms of heterogeneous aircraftBuild real-time, collaborative interfaces for controlling large numbers of aircraft simultaneously, even when comms dropDesign and ship new UI concepts for representing vehicle telemetry, sensor data, scheduling, crew resources, data link management, and more, much of it with no existing playbook to followSet the frontend architecture, patterns, and standards that the rest of the team builds onShip early, ship often, backed by strong CI/CD, QA, and DevSecOps WHAT YOU'VE DONE Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience8+ years building complex, production frontend applications, with a track record of owning frontend architectureDeep experience building production web interfaces with React or a comparable modern frameworkExperience mentoring engineers and setting technical direction for a frontend team WHAT SETS YOU APART Experience with both immediate mode (games, simulation) and retained mode UI paradigmsA track record with performance-sensitive application developmentFamiliarity with video streaming protocolsGood UI/UX instinctsWebGL/OpenGL experienceExperience with geospatial applications WHY THIS ROLE You'll be one of the earliest engineers shaping how humans command autonomous systems at scale, work that's currently being defined in real time, by a small team, with your fingerprints on the architecture. If you want to build the future of human-swarm interaction rather than maintain someone else's, this is that seat. 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 Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology companyCompetitive base salary commensurate with experienceMedical, dental, vision, and 401kPTO and paid sick leaveMonthly wellness stipendDaily catered lunch (office)Paid parental leaveDirect impact on a critical national security missionA world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems Compensation Range: $250K - $325K 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. Most frontend roles ask you to move pixels around a dashboard. This one asks you to architect the interface that controls the largest drone swarm on the planet. You'll lead the frontend architecture for Legion's Command & Control platform: the software that lets a single operator plan, direct, and execute missions across a networked swarm of heterogeneous aircraft, in real time, over intermittent comms, at a scale nobody else in the industry is attempting. This isn't CRUD. It's real-time, dense telemetry visualization, and interface design for a problem space that barely has prior art. WHAT YOU'LL DO Own and architect the frontend for a C2 system directing swarms of heterogeneous aircraftBuild real-time, collaborative interfaces for controlling large numbers of aircraft simultaneously, even when comms dropDesign and ship new UI concepts for representing vehicle telemetry, sensor data, scheduling, crew resources, data link management, and more, much of it with no existing playbook to followSet the frontend architecture, patterns, and standards that the rest of the team builds onShip early, ship often, backed by strong CI/CD, QA, and DevSecOps WHAT YOU'VE DONE Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience8+ years building complex, production frontend applications, with a track record of owning frontend architectureDeep experience building production web interfaces with React or a comparable modern frameworkExperience mentoring engineers and setting technical direction for a frontend team WHAT SETS YOU APART Experience with both immediate mode (games, simulation) and retained mode UI paradigmsA track record with performance-sensitive application developmentFamiliarity with video streaming protocolsGood UI/UX instinctsWebGL/OpenGL experienceExperience with geospatial applications WHY THIS ROLE You'll be one of the earliest engineers shaping how humans command autonomous systems at scale, work that's currently being defined in real time, by a small team, with your fingerprints on the architecture. If you want to build the future of human-swarm interaction rather than maintain someone else's, this is that seat. 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 Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology companyCompetitive base salary commensurate with experienceMedical, dental, vision, and 401kPTO and paid sick leaveMonthly wellness stipendDaily catered lunch (office)Paid parental leaveDirect impact on a critical national security missionA world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems Compensation Range: $250K - $325K