Staff Frontend Engineer

Description

• Customer Collaboration – Embed deeply with customer teams to understand business goals, domain constraints, and technical requirements. • Design & Development – Architect and build end-to-end solutions with an experiment-driven, iterative approach (TypeScript/React, Node.js, Python, ROS, SQL). • Scoping & Planning – Draft clear scopes of work, timelines, and success metrics for proofs-of-concept through production roll-outs. • Hands-On Delivery – Code side-by-side with customer engineers, deploying on their cloud or on-prem environments to ensure successful adoption. • Cross-Functional Alignment – Partner closely with Sales and Customer Success on the same accounts to guarantee seamless experiences and measurable outcomes. • Product Feedback Loop – Relay frontline insights to Research, Product, and Engineering; your learnings shape our roadmap. • Internal Enablement – Document best practices, contribute to internal libraries, and mentor future FDEs so the function scales efficiently.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in JavaScript/TypeScript development. • 3+ years of professional experience in Robotics or Autonomous systems • Experience in customer-facing engineering roles, ideally with robotics or autonomy exposure. • Proven history of rapid prototyping and iterative delivery with external stakeholders. • Front-end strength in React/TypeScript and back-end experience in Node.js or Python; familiarity with C++ or ROS is a plus. • Solid grasp of network and cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and database-backed REST APIs. • Comfortable owning problems end-to-end, learning what’s missing, and communicating technical details to any audience. • Willingness to travel extensively and work on-site with customers when required. • Bonus points: • Experience with multiple database systems • Experience designing SDKs, integration libraries, or internal tooling that reduced services cycle time.

Benefits

• $300 monthly budget towards commuter benefits or building your personal workspace (remote only) • Competitive equity grant in a Series B company • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Term Life insurance coverage at 100% for employees and 75% for dependents • 401k matching up to 4% • 4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break • All expenses paid company off-sites 2x/year

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