Loft Orbital

Frontend Engineer

Golden, CO

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$180kDetected 103 days ago

TypeScriptReactVue.jsHTMLCSSBackend DevelopmentGraphQLUX DesignCypressJestResearch

About the role

Integrating with backend services using GraphQL APIs
Supporting internal teams in using our ground software (Cockpit)
Getting hands-on with satellite operations -everyone at Loft plays a role in mission success!

You'll collaborate with peers on the Frontend Engineering team, as well as interface with the wider Software team.
Collaborating on UI/UX design to enhance user experience (no need to be a designer, just care about good UX)

Strong proficiency in TypeScript / HTML / CSS
Experience with Vue or React
Experience working on SPAs
Experience with GraphQL APIs
Experience with Testing (Unit and integration testing (e.g., Vitest, Jest, Cypress
Experience with Web Components
Experience with Mapping/Geospatial Libraries - e.g., Leaflet, Mapbox, or CesiumJS (could be useful for visualizing satellite data)

Space Made Simple.
As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.

Interest in Space or Aerospace - No prior experience is required, but enthusiasm for space technology is a bonus!
🚀 Bonus: Web Components (Lit)

Loft: Space Made Simple.
Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.
We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft's flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.
We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more.
Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months.
With more than 30 missions flown, Loft's flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren't afraid to challenge assumptions.

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