Frontend Team Lead

Description

• Lead the design and development of scalable, performant user interfaces using React and modern frontend technologies • Set technical direction for frontend architecture, state management, data flow, and component design • Build complex workflows and UI components for data-rich, operational applications • Develop interfaces that support real-time data, situational awareness, and operator decision-making • Contribute directly to implementation while guiding the team through technical tradeoffs and execution • Mentor frontend engineers and help raise the technical bar across the team • Lead code reviews, design discussions, sprint planning, and technical planning for frontend work • Help break down ambiguous product and technical requirements into clear execution plans • Promote engineering best practices around performance, testing, maintainability, accessibility, and reliability • Partner with engineering leadership to support team growth, hiring, onboarding, and development • Integrate frontend systems with backend services via REST, GraphQL, and real-time data interfaces • Optimize rendering performance for large datasets, map-based views, streaming data, and real-time updates • Ensure responsive, reliable performance across devices, browsers, and operating environments • Identify and resolve frontend performance bottlenecks across the platform • Own and evolve frontend architecture, including state management, data flow, build tooling, testing strategy, and component organization • Build and maintain reusable component libraries, design systems, and shared UI patterns • Ensure frontend systems are scalable, maintainable, testable, and easy for other engineers to extend • Establish patterns that support multiple products, mission workflows, and customer-facing applications • Drive technical consistency across frontend codebases and applications • Partner with backend, platform, autonomy, product, and design teams to deliver end-to-end features • Collaborate with UX/design to ensure high-quality implementation and operator-focused user experiences • Translate complex operational requirements into intuitive, reliable frontend workflows • Work with stakeholders to balance speed, usability, performance, and technical quality • Represent frontend engineering in product planning, architecture reviews, and roadmap discussions

Requirements

• 7+ years of frontend engineering experience, including experience leading frontend projects or teams • Strong expertise in React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript • Experience building data-driven, high-performance web applications • Strong understanding of frontend architecture, state management, data flow, and performance optimization • Experience working with APIs, asynchronous data flows, and real-time or frequently updating data • Experience building reusable component libraries, design systems, or shared UI frameworks • Ability to mentor engineers, lead technical discussions, and drive frontend best practices • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design • Ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-driven, highly collaborative environment • Strong ownership, technical judgment, and willingness to remain hands-on.

Benefits

• 100% Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families • Life Insurance (Employer Paid) • Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) • Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum • Equity Package • Work / Home Office Stipend • Global Entry • 16 Week Paid Parental Leave • Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend

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