Staff Front-End Software Engineer (React/TypeScript)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Hiring range: $181,000–$271,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops rockets, launch vehicles, and automated manufacturing systems, including the Terran R vehicle and its integrated launch platform.

What you will do

• Own the frontend platform for the operator UI, including the application shell, design system, and shared data layer.
• Define the architecture and contribution model for integrating domain-team UI modules into one cohesive application.
• Lead the consolidation of multiple frontend applications into a unified operator platform.
• Build hard real-time interfaces that render live hardware telemetry at high rates within strict, safety-critical performance budgets.
• Set frontend technical direction and quality standards across the organization while mentoring and developing engineers.

Requirements

• Typically 8+ years of experience building production web applications.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript and React.
• Experience owning a frontend platform, design system, or large shared codebase used by other teams.
• Strong frontend performance skills, including profiling, render optimization, and keeping complex interfaces responsive under heavy continuous data.
• Experience architecting state management and data flow for data-intensive applications, such as Redux, streaming or WebSocket data, and Web Workers.
• Ability to define cross-team architecture and technical direction and mentor senior engineers.

Nice to have

• Experience with real-time data visualization, charting, industrial control, SCADA, or hardware-in-the-loop systems.
• Familiarity with binary streaming protocols such as WebSockets and protobuf, and with offloading work to Web Workers.
• Experience with the Bazel monorepo build system or embedding code editors such as Monaco.

Culture & Benefits

• Work involves cross-functional collaboration across design, materials, manufacturing, test, and launch teams.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Commitment to equal opportunity, transparency, and fairness in compensation.