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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Swarm Aero
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Software Deployment, Production Code
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/swarm-aero-forward-deployed-engineer-remote-decircle-10425759

## About the Role

Forward Deployed Engineer with 5-7 years of experience to embed directly with U.S. military and government customers and own the technical success of Swarm Aero's C2 systems in live operational environments. Equal parts software engineer and field operator: writing production code, debugging distributed systems under pressure, and deploying software in high-stakes contexts., * 5-7 years full-stack software engineering and/or forward-deployed engineering

 * US citizen or Green Card holder
 * Comfortable with 50-75% travel