Front End Developer, LeoLabs

• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum 3 years of professional experiences a Front-end Software Engineer in fast-paced software development environments
• Extensive experience with designing, building, testing, deploying and maintaining modern, responsive Web UIs
• Strong expertise with Typescript, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML and CSS
• Deep understanding of software development best practices, testing methodologies, and Agile workflows and principles
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and stakeholders
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotations for critical issue resolution
• Eligibility for US security clearance

Desirable

• LeoLabs is seeking a highly motivated Front-End Software Engineer to join our collaborative Insights team. As a critical member of this cross-functional team of 10 Engineers, and part of a broader 30-person Engineering organization, you’ll play a vital role in developing customer-facing analytics and systems integrations
• Your work will directly impact how our customers visualize orbital data and space activity, enabling real-time operational decisions to protect and manage objects in low-earth orbit
• The Insights team builds rich user interfaces, manages API integrations, and deploys software both in the cloud and on-site, leveraging data from LeoLabs’ data lake and services maintained by other specialized teams
• This role is primarily hands-on development with an opportunity to contribute to UI design. You will thrive in this role at LeoLabs if you enjoy building intuitive, responsive web applications and collaborating closely with a diverse team
• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain modern, responsive web interfaces that present complex space related data in a clear, actionable way
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including backend engineers, data scientist, and product managers, to integrate APIs and customer systems
• Deploy and support code in cloud and on-premises environments
• Contribute to continuous improvement of front-end architecture and operational practices
• Participate actively in Agile workflows, sprint planning, and code reviews
• Within 1 month, you’ll:
• Complete onboarding to understand our business, mission, and engineering culture
• Set up your local development environment, tools, and access
• Attend sprint ceremonies and shadow code reviews to begin ramping up on Insights codebase and processes
• Complete first small, low-risk changes or documentation updates under guidance
• Within 3 months, you’ll:
• Gain solid understanding of the front-end architecture and dependencies for Insights product UIs
• Begin developing small-to-medium scoped features with coaching and mentoring support
• Work comfortably within the team’s agile processes and contribute to task planning and estimation
• Within 6 months, you’ll:
• Demonstrate solid grasp of Front-end architecture, dependencies, and operational practices
• Actively contribute to software deliverables with some coaching and mentoring, consistently shipping well-tested, reliable code
• Take ownership of deliverables from design through implementation
• Within 12 months, you’ll:
• Demonstrate full proficiency in the Front-end tech stack and operational practices
• Deliver complex UI features end-to-end with minimal oversight
• Act as a trusted peer through code reviews and helping shape technical discussions and decisions
• Proactively identify continuous improvement opportunities across the codebase