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# Frontend Engineer

- **Company:** Loft Orbital Solutions
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $190,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Unit Testing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Design of User Interfaces, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Web Applications, ReactJS, Cypress (Programming Language), Backend, Vue.js, Graphql, Front End Software Development, JestJS
- **Published:** June 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/cc799dc5-e558-4792-b1ee-ab138c443bef

## About the Role

* 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)

## Description

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., * 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)


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