Software Engineer – Frontend

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of operator interfaces and visualization platforms, bridging complex backend telemetry with high-performance web applications.
• Develop high-performance dashboards, geospatial maps, and user interfaces that surface critical system states and live telemetry.
• Engineer frontend state management and asset delivery to ensure responsiveness over bandwidth-constrained edge networks.
• Implement frontend-facing APIs (BFF architecture) and lightweight backend services to ingest and stream mission data.
• Connect frontend applications with sensors, embedded systems, and edge compute nodes to ensure robust data flows.
• Maintain comprehensive testing suites (Jest, Cypress, PyTest), CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment tooling.
• Collaborate with embedded, mechanical, and systems engineers to define clean data interfaces and validate system performance.
• Travel to sites as required to support field operations and iterate based on direct operator feedback.

Requirements

• Strong production experience in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python.
• Deep practical experience with modern web frameworks such as React or Vue.
• Experience with charting, graphing, or geospatial mapping libraries (D3.js, Chart.js, Leaflet, Mapbox, or WebGL).
• Proficiency with lightweight Python web frameworks (Flask, FastAPI, or similar) and SQL databases.
• Experience with Git, containerization, and CI/CD tooling.
• Ability to work closely with hardware teams and debug system interfaces under pressure.
• Eligibility for Canadian security clearance preferred; Canadian citizenship is an asset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Android or ATAK/TAK plugin development.
• Experience with AWS services (ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3).

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and company equity.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Additional equity granted based on impact.

About the Company

Dominion Dynamics builds real defence capability for the Canadian Armed Forces and our allies. We operate in a high-trust environment with short feedback loops, shipping systems that are actively used in the field today.