Senior Front End Engineer

Havoc AI Inc

Job Overview

Location

San Diego, USA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Senior Front End Engineer at Havoc AI Inc to build and scale high-performance user interfaces for autonomous systems used in defense and commercial maritime missions, directly enabling operators to interact with complex real-time data and workflows.
• Develop scalable, performant user interfaces using React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript, focusing on map-based and visualization-heavy applications that support operational decision-making in real-world environments.
• Integrate frontend systems with backend services via REST or GraphQL APIs, optimize rendering for large datasets and real-time updates, and ensure responsive performance across devices and environments.
• Contribute to frontend architecture including state management and data flow design, build and maintain reusable component libraries, and write clean, testable, maintainable code following engineering best practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with backend, platform, product, and UX/design teams to deliver end-to-end features, participate in code reviews and technical planning, and ensure high-quality implementation of designs.
• Drive frontend performance improvements, system responsiveness, and adoption of reusable UI components across the platform, contributing to scalable systems that support real-world defense and commercial operations.
• Join a mission-driven team building autonomous systems that solve hard human problems through collaborative autonomy, with a culture rooted in innovation, integrity, ownership, and servant leadership.
• Grow technical expertise in high-stakes, real-time systems while advancing skills in performance optimization, data visualization, and frontend architecture within a fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment.

🎯 Requirements

• 5–8+ years of experience in frontend engineering
• Strong expertise in React and modern JavaScript (or TypeScript)
• Experience building data-driven, high-performance web applications
• Experience working with APIs and asynchronous data flows
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, state management, and performance optimization
• Experience with modern frontend tooling and workflows

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your family
• Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
• Ability to participate in the company’s 401k program with matching
• Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
• Equity Package
• Work / Home Office Stipend
• Global Entry
• 16 Week Paid Parental Leave
• Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend

Skills & Technologies

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

GraphQL

REST

Senior

Hybrid

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About Havoc AI Inc

Havoc AI Inc provides an autonomous drone-swarm platform for defense and security applications. The system integrates computer vision, real-time coordination, and modular payload capabilities to enable surveillance, reconnaissance, and kinetic effects at scale. Designed for contested environments, the software stack supports rapid deployment, adaptive mission planning, and human-on-the-loop oversight. Headquartered in Seattle, the company serves U.S. and allied government customers, focusing on asymmetric advantages through low-cost, high-volume unmanned systems.

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