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title: 'Reverse Engineer at Swift'
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# Reverse Engineer at Swift

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/am9icG9zdDo8n3fJotMEfJ3kt8WRj2EX

## Job description

Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are looking for a Reverse Engineer to join a growing team in the Annapolis Junction, MD area supporting mission-driven work in complex, high-priority environments.

The Reverse Engineer will analyze software and firmware to understand functionality, identify vulnerabilities, and support mission objectives. This role involves working with compiled code, binary artifacts, and system behavior to uncover exploitable conditions and enable both offensive and defensive capabilities.

Depending on level, this role may include developing custom tools, conducting advanced vulnerability research, and leading reverse engineering efforts across complex systems and architectures.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct reverse engineering of software and/or firmware to analyze functionality and identify vulnerabilities
- Analyze compiled code, binaries, and system behavior to identify malicious or exploitable conditions
- Perform static and dynamic analysis in support of mission objectives
- Support or develop tools, scripts, and methodologies for exploitation and vulnerability discovery
- Apply low-level programming and debugging techniques, including assembly-level analysis
- Collaborate with mission teams to support operational and technical objectives
- (Higher levels) Lead reverse engineering efforts, develop novel methodologies, and mentor junior engineers

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
- Coursework must include algorithms, computer architecture (not network architecture), programming methodologies/languages, data structures, logic/computation, and advanced mathematics
- Experience with reverse engineering, binary analysis, debugging, and/or software/system engineering
- US Citizenship and active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph required

Level 2:

- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Experience with reverse engineering of software or firmware
- Experience with low-level programming and assembly language
- Experience with debugging and binary analysis
- Exposure to vulnerability analysis and/or exploit development Degree Substitution:
- Master’s + 3 years OR PhD + 2 years OR Associate’s + 7 years (with relevant experience)

Level 3:

- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Experience with advanced reverse engineering of complex software systems
- Experience with static and dynamic binary analysis
- Experience with exploit development and vulnerability analysis
- Experience with assembly-level debugging and tool development Degree Substitution:
- Master’s + 6 years OR PhD + 4 years OR Associate’s + 10 years (with relevant experience)

Level 4:

- 11+ years of relevant experience
- Expert-level experience in reverse engineering and binary/firmware analysis
- Experience leading complex reverse engineering or exploitation efforts
- Experience with vulnerability discovery and exploit research
- Experience developing tools, methodologies, and advanced debugging techniques Degree Substitution:
- Master’s + 9 years OR PhD + 7 years OR Associate’s + 13 years (with relevant experience)

## About Swift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Swift Group provides national security technology and mission support by combining experienced field operatives with expert technologists.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Reston, VA, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: National security, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, training and logistics.
- **Target customers**: U.S. Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community agencies (B2G).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “When national security leaders need something built quiet that hits loud, they turn to Swift.” — The company pairs field operators with technologists to solve complex national security challenges with speed, discretion, and precision.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **HPC Research & Technical Advisement**: Specialized advisement for revolutionary high-performance computing systems supporting data-intensive missions.
- **Software Development & Data Solutions**: Rapid prototyping, agile development, and applied data science tailored to mission needs.
- **Cyber Enablement**: Network defense, offense, threat analysis, and resilience for enterprise and operational environments.
- **Operations**: Mission planning and execution support delivered shoulder-to-shoulder with client teams anywhere in the world.
- **Training & Mission Support**: Operator-led instruction and technical training across the full mission lifecycle.
- **Energetics**: Advanced research, advisory, and deployment of energetic materials to improve system performance and operational effect.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Over **126 open positions** currently listed on the careers page, signaling rapid growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Growt Signals**: Founded in 2019, now has multiple offices (Reston, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean, etc.) and supports customers across the U.S. and globally. High volume of active job postings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator-led approach**: Combines real-world field experience with cutting-edge engineering, reducing the gap between mission needs and technical solutions.
- **Integration**: Unified teams of operators, engineers, and analysts work together, avoiding siloed tools.
- **Discretion and trust**: Emphasizes low-profile, off-the-record work, earning deep trust from national security clients.
- **Acountability**: Company culture of owning outcomes, with a flat, agile structure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding capabilities in cyber, HPC, and data science while maintaining operator-driven agility. Continued support for sensitive, high-stakes missions across civilian, defense, and intelligence domains.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, employee-focused, with a strong sense of purpose. Values include transparency, integrity, service, and innovation.
- **Work environment**: Low-profile, high-impact. Roles often require clearance and on-site presence at client locations (e.g., Chantilly, Annapolis Junction, Reston). Not fully remote; likely hybrid or on-site.
- **Bnefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time-off benefits.
- **Success stories**: Clear career progression from analyst to chief architect, with wide pay bands (e.g., $50k–$290k) indicating room for growth and specialization.

## Sources
1. [theswiftgroup.com/company](https://theswiftgroup.com/company/)
2. [theswiftgroup.com](https://theswiftgroup.com/)
3. [careers.theswiftgroup.com](https://careers.theswiftgroup.com/)
4. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group)

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