Frontend Engineer

Wanna join the adventure?

As a Frontend Engineer at Loft, you will work on a range of projects, including refining the UI of Cockpit, our satellite operations software, and empowering end-users with powerful satellite management capabilities. You’ll collaborate with peers on the Frontend Engineering team, as well as interface with the wider Software team. 

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About this role:

• Building and refining tools for satellite operations and autopilot observability
• Developing and maintaining our web applications and services
• Collaborating on UI/UX design to enhance user experience (no need to be a designer, just care about good UX)
• 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!
• Tech stack:
  • 🚀 Frontend: Vue.js, TypeScript, HTML, CSS
  • 🚀 APIs: GraphQL
  • 🚀 Bonus: Web Components (Lit)

    
    Must Haves:

    • 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

      
      Nice to Haves:

      • Experience with Web Components
      • Experience with Mapping/Geospatial Libraries – e.g., Leaflet, Mapbox, or CesiumJS (could be useful for visualizing satellite data)
      • Interest in Space or Aerospace – No prior experience is required, but enthusiasm for space technology is a bonus!
      • UI/UX sensibility (no need to be a designer, just to care about that)

        
        Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

        • Equity, we want you to have an active role in our success
        • Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours, we want you to be at your best
        • Health and life insurance, we care about your health
        • Lunch Vouchers, because let’s be honest, we love food! (we even have a slack channel about it #loft-gourmand)
        • Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse to learn from our differences
        • Company and team off-sites and many other events to work & celebrate together
        • Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable

          
          

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           *Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions.  We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes.

          
          

          Who We Are

          
          

          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.

          
          

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