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We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.\nAs drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We’re hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.\nWhat you will be doing\nNeros builds drones for the modern battlefield. As a Senior Software Engineer on our Application team, you will build the tools and integrations our operators and engineers rely on. Mission planning and control software, desktop tools, and the connections between our systems and external command & control and situational awareness systems. You'll own major pieces end to end, from design to production software that keeps working when the network drops or the systems around it change.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, build, and maintain applications and integrations for operators and engineers - mission planning and control, configuration and monitoring tools, and connections to external command-and-control and situational-awareness systems\nBuild cross-platform desktop and web applications (Windows, Mac, Linux)\nOwn the interfaces your software depends on - data models, APIs, and external specifications that are incomplete or changing\nDesign software that behaves correctly when connectivity is intermittent or unavailable\nBuild test harnesses and simulators to verify software without access to live partner systems or hardware\nWrite unit and integration tests for your software, partnering with our test organization on system and field testing\nYou should have the following\n7+ years of experience designing, building and deploying production software\nDeep expertise in TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust or another modern application language\nTrack record owning significant software end to end - from design to production, and after launch\n Application experience - cross-platform desktop (Electron, Qt, or similar) or modern web shipped to real users\nSolid networking fundamentals - TCP/UDP, message framing and serialization, and designing for unreliable or high-latency links\nExperience working through interfaces you didn't control - protocols, message formats, and APIs owned by another team or organization\nExperience building test harnesses or simulators for systems you couldn't test against directly\nNice to have\nProduction experience in more than one language is a strong plus\n TAK ecosystem - ATAK plugins (Java/Kotlin), WinTAK plugins (C#), TAK Server, Cursor on Target\nMAVLink or other drone/robotics protocols\nMilitary or defense C2 or situational-awareness systems\nGeospatial and mapping - coordinate systems, datums, and map rendering\nReal-time operator interfaces - live telemetry, video, and many-vehicle displays\nEmbedded or device-facing software - applications that talk directly to hardware\nAndroid development\nYou fly - FPV, RC, or drones generally\nUS Salary Range\n$180,000 - $252,000 USD\nThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. 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