Swarmbotics is looking for a talented Front-End Engineer with design and engineering experience to take ownership of the customer-facing software for our ground swarm robots. This wide-ranging role will design and implement our web app front-end application and act as the primary desktop application developer for our ground robot swarms' command-and-control.
Required Qualifications- Strong desire to work in a fast-paced, fluid startup environment
- Experience developing responsive web apps, preferably for DoD or autonomous system applications.
- First-hand expertise with popular web app frameworks (e.g. React)
- Submission of design portfolio showcasing your ability to transform concepts into polished front end designs
- 2+ years experience in design, wireframe, implementation, and testing of front-end implementations
- Excitement about contributing to the defense of the United States and its allies
- Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance
- Ability to relocate to Phoenix, AZ
- TypeScript — Strong proficiency in TypeScript for building scalable, type-safe, and maintainable front-end applications.
- Real-time data / WebSockets — Hands-on experience with real-time data flows, WebSocket implementations, live telemetry, streaming updates, and high-frequency state management.
- Geospatial / mapping libraries — Expertise with geospatial and mapping libraries (deck.gl, MapLibre, Mapbox, Leaflet, or similar), where GIS visualization is a core requirement.
- WebGL / GPU-accelerated rendering — Proficiency in WebGL and GPU-accelerated rendering, including performance tuning for complex map layers and large-scale visualizations.
- Video streaming (WebRTC / HLS) — Experience implementing video streaming solutions using WebRTC or HLS in production front-end applications.
- API design — Experience designing and collaborating on public-facing APIs.
- Frontend auth architecture — Expertise in frontend authentication architectures, including OAuth2/OIDC flows, token management, and secure proxy patterns.
- Familiarity with the TAK ecosystem (TAKX, ATAK, and/or WinTAK plugin development)
- Experience with a CatBs framework is preferred but not required
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What We Do
Swarmbotics AI is a low-cost, swarm robotics company for industry and defense. We see a world of ubiquitous low-cost robots transforming almost all aspects of society with an urgent need in the defense industry. We focus on a low-cost BOM, an autonomous stack optimized for off the shelf components, and a global planner that enables swarm capabilities for groups of robots to accomplish sophisticated tasks.
