Staff Software Engineer, Frontend/Web App
About The Position
Beacon AI is seeking a Staff Frontend Software Engineer to provide technical leadership, ownership, and strategic direction for its frontend team. The role focuses on developing high-impact web interfaces for the company’s flight safety platform, enabling users to work with complex aviation data and derive actionable insights. The engineer will collaborate across disciplines to advance aviation safety and operational capability. The position involves designing and implementing React-based features and frontend systems for large-scale, real-time, and historical aviation data. It also includes mentoring engineers, establishing engineering practices, partnering with backend, product, and design colleagues, and building reusable components and internal libraries. The role is hybrid in San Carlos, California, with at least three days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days. All work must be performed in the United States, and candidates must qualify as U.S. Persons under applicable export-control regulations. Visa sponsorship and transfers are unavailable.
Requirements
- At least 9 years of experience building and shipping high-performance, user-facing web applications.
- Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, state management, and modern web standards including HTML and CSS.
- Strong experience with asynchronous frontend patterns and efficient handling of live and historical data streams.
- Proven ownership of complex features or product areas, taking work from concept through delivery with a high degree of autonomy.
- A proactive, resourceful mindset and ability to work effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Ability to set and uphold a high technical bar through design decisions, code quality, mentorship, and hiring input.
- Must be a U.S. Person as defined in the posting; the company cannot provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers.
- Must perform all work in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Passion for aviation and a desire to improve air travel efficiency and safety.
- Experience with geospatial or mapping tools such as Mapbox or Cesium.
- Deep experience with live data streaming and playback systems.
- Experience with video streaming technologies and real-time media delivery.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement React-based features and architect frontend systems that handle large-scale, real-time, and historical aviation data.
- Integrate, process, and visualize data from multiple sources, including live streams and archived datasets.
- Mentor engineers and promote best practices through code reviews and architectural discussions.
- Collaborate with backend engineers, product managers, and UX/UI designers on design and implementation decisions.
- Maintain reliable, maintainable frontend systems using automated testing, clear documentation, and strong engineering standards.
- Build reusable components and internal libraries to accelerate future development.
- Own complex features or product areas from concept through delivery.
- Analyze and optimize frontend performance for scalability, responsiveness, and reliability.
Benefits
- 100% of employee medical premiums covered and 25% of dependent medical premiums covered.
- Three weeks of paid time off.
- 13 or more paid company holidays.
- 401(k) plan offered; no current employer match.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
