Staff Software Engineer (Frontend / React)

First Resonance•Los Angeles, CA

16h

About The Position

We are seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to be a technical leader for our product engineering team. In this role, you will take ownership of the architectural vision and technical strategy for the Ion Factory OS frontend, a platform used by cutting-edge manufacturers building the next generation of products, from electric aircraft to autonomous robotics. As a technical leader, you will not only solve our most complex frontend challenges but also mentor a talented team of engineers, elevating the quality of our user experience and establishing the patterns that will scale our platform for years to come. This is a unique opportunity to shape a product that is critical to companies tackling society’s greatest challenges, from climate change and space exploration to autonomous transportation. First Resonance accelerates the speed and reliability of hardware development for companies manufacturing the next generation of hardware products. This includes space exploration, electric airplanes, autonomous vehicles, nuclear reactors, robotics, and more. We are a group of software, hardware, and manufacturing engineers that are bringing the best of modern UX and data science to an industry that has been overly rigid in its innovation. We are removing the barriers preventing radical advancement by providing tools to manufacturing engineers and operators to move information more freely, collaborate with their teams more easily, and use the power of data to predict problems and provide insights that result in better hardware quality and delivery.

Requirements

8+ years of professional experience in frontend software development, with a proven track record of shipping complex, large-scale web applications.
Expert-level proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, React and related frameworks (Next.js or similar), with a deep understanding of its core principles, hooks, and ecosystem.
Significant experience designing, building, and consuming complex GraphQL APIs.
Demonstrated experience in a technical leadership or mentorship capacity, with a passion for growing the skills of fellow engineers.
Strong architectural skills, with experience building and maintaining scalable frontend systems in a SaaS, multi-tenant environment.
Proficiency with modern frontend development tools and pipelines (e.g., Webpack, Babel, NPM) and version control (Git/GitHub).
Experience implementing robust testing strategies across the testing pyramid (unit, integration, e2e) using frameworks like Jest or Cypress.
Familiarity with modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Tokens (JWT).

Nice To Haves

Experience architecting, building, and leading the adoption of a comprehensive UI design system.
Deep expertise with GraphQL clients such as Apollo Client or Urql.
Experience with advanced architectural patterns like micro-frontends.
Professional experience working directly with product design and UI/UX experts to help make enterprise-grade design decisions.
Experience with Agile development methodologies and tools.

Responsibilities

Lead Architectural Strategy: Architect, design, and lead the implementation of a scalable, performant, and maintainable frontend for the Ion Factory OS, our core manufacturing platform.
Mentor and Elevate the Team: Guide and mentor engineers through complex technical challenges, insightful code reviews, and architectural discussions, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
Drive Technical Decisions: Make high-impact decisions on our frontend technology stack, including state management (e.g., Apollo Client, Urql), component libraries, testing frameworks, and build pipelines.
Build for Scale and Performance: Architect and implement reusable, resilient React components and JavaScript libraries, optimizing them for maximum performance and real-time data updates across a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
Champion Best Practices: Establish and promote best practices for software architecture, testing, documentation, and operational excellence across the engineering organization.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with product management, UX/UI design, and backend engineering to translate product specifications and complex user workflows into elegant, robust, and intuitive user-facing features.
Own the Technical Roadmap: Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for the frontend, identifying opportunities for innovation, refactoring, and performance improvements to ensure our platform remains best-in-class.