Staff Software Engineer, Front-End Platforms (React/TypeScript)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $181,000–$271,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops rockets, automated rocket-factory software, and launch platforms, including the Terran R vehicle.

What you will do

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

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 set 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 monorepo build systems such as Bazel or embedding code editors such as Monaco.

Culture & Benefits

• Work spans propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, and corporate functions with significant autonomy, ownership, and cross-functional impact.
• Benefits include competitive salary and equity, generous PTO and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations upon request.

Hiring process

• hirify.global does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms.