Staff Engineer, Frontend Applications
Aechelon TechnologyBase Salary
$120k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Contribute to technical decisions and architectural discussions for frontend applications and related systems
- Develop and maintain responsive, high-performance frontend applications using React, TypeScript, and Electron
- Partner with UI/UX designers and stakeholders to deliver intuitive user experiences
- Design and implement real-time, bidirectional communication features for live data streaming and updates
- Optimize applications for speed, security, scalability, and maintainability
- Define and promote engineering best practices for frontend architecture, testing, observability, and performance
- Provide technical guidance and support to other engineers
- Collaborate with backend and platform engineers to integrate frontend applications with underlying services
Requirements
- 8+ years of software development experience, including significant experience building complex frontend applications
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a relevant coding-related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern frontend application development
- Experience building performant, interactive web or desktop applications
- Experience with real-time communication patterns, including WebSockets or similar technologies
- Understanding of RESTful APIs and experience integrating frontend applications with backend services
- Ability to contribute to technical initiatives and influence implementation decisions
- Ability to work with export-controlled technology
- Experience with Electron is preferred
- Understanding of UI/UX design principles and frontend optimization techniques is preferred
- Strong programming skills with C and C++ are preferred
- Experience with simulation, visualization, or other performance-sensitive technical environments is preferred
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to team technical growth is preferred
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and company performance-based profit sharing
- 401(k) plan
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
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About Aechelon Technology
Aechelon Technology Inc. is now a Shield AI company. Follow @Shield AI for updates. Aechelon Technology is a leading provider of visual simulation image generators, associated geospecific visual and sensor databases, realistic 3D models and integration services for the US Government and Government Prime Contractors. Since 1998, Aechelon Technology has maintained an unparalleled track record in program deliveries for the US Marine Corp, US Navy, US Air Force, US Army, Special Operations Command, US State Department Foreign Military Sales program and US Coast Guard, with all excellent Past Performance Evaluations. The Company has demonstrated its ability not only to deliver the visual system hardware and software, but also to provide comprehensive integration services, logistics support and program management with the delivery of image generators and databases for training programs for platforms including P-8A, BAMS, AV-8B, AH-1W, UH-1N, MV-22, MH-53, CH-53, C2-A, EA-6B, T-45, CH-47F, MH-60R, MH-60S, MMH, F-16, F-18 and F-35, and for simulation of advanced multi-sensor pods such as ATFLIR, WESCAM-20HD, LITENING II+ and AN/ASS-44C. In addition, Aechelon Technology has collaborated with the Joint Services Night Vision Training Systems and works with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1) on the delivery of 21 enhanced Night Vision Goggles (NVG) mission rehearsal training capabilities, for use by the Navy/Marine Night Imaging and Threat Evaluation (NITE) Labs worldwide.