Software Engineer Backend at Swoop

At Swoop Technologies, we are on a mission to organize and provide access to the world’s critical infrastructure and military assets. We are currently developing SwoopOS, a distributed operating system that transforms physical equipment into a robotic platform capable of supporting autonomous systems and agentic AI. By utilizing our SDK, Valhalla, and our browser, Surf, we are liberating trapped assets to foster energy dominance and sovereign control. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team on a full-time basis. This is a hybrid role, and you must be based in either Minneapolis/St. Paul or Washington, DC, with the ability to work in our office at least three days per week.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop new features and services while collaborating with our firmware, frontend, and infrastructure teams to deliver a stable product.
• Design and construct SDKs for both internal and external use, assisting third parties as they create applications for our operating system.
• Standardize our approach to data structure handling, including how we manage byte arrays across our entire codebase.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent technical experience.
• At least three years of experience in backend development, specifically in writing scalable code and modern APIs.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with a solid grasp of data structures and models.
• Practical experience managing Kubernetes in a production environment.
• A foundational understanding of software security standards.
• Bonus points for experience with async Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Rust, or handling multimedia data structures.

What we offer

We provide a hybrid work environment that allows for flexibility while keeping our team connected in the office. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to help us build the future of physical-world computing.