Staff Software Engineer, Front-End Platforms

The Terrestrial Software team is building the foundation for an automated rocket factory and integrated launch platform. Their mission is to automate and streamline workflows across the entire lifecycle of Terran R, from raw material intake to launch operations and eventually manufacturing on Mars. Today, that means partnering directly with teams across design, materials, manufacturing, and test and launch to design, implement, and deploy end-user enterprise-wide applications, industrial automation, data analytics infrastructure, and next-generation AI to solve real problems and accelerate progress. Long term, the team is laying the groundwork for a modular, scalable software platform that can power highly autonomous operations on Earth and beyond. This is a team for builders and thinkers who thrive on cross-functional impact and want to shape the digital backbone of our future in space.

• Own the frontend platform behind our operator UI — the application shell, design system, and shared data layer that every other team builds their features on -
• Define the architecture and contribution model that lets domain teams ship their own UI modules into one cohesive application
• Lead the consolidation of several separate front ends into a single, unified operator platform
• Build for hard real-time: render live hardware telemetry at high rates against strict, safety-critical performance budgets
• Set the technical direction and quality bar for frontend across the org, and raise the level of the engineers around you
• Significant experience (typically 8+ years) building production web applications, with deep TypeScript and React expertise
• A track record owning a frontend platform, design system, or large shared codebase that other teams depend on
• Strong frontend performance skills: profiling, render optimization, and keeping complex UIs responsive under heavy, continuous data
• Experience architecting state management and data flow for data-intensive apps (e.g., Redux, streaming/WebSocket data, Web Workers)
• Ability to set cross-team architecture and technical direction, and mentor senior engineers

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