Frontend Engineer - Real-Time Aviation Data Visualizations

Jobtailor; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a frontend engineer to design and implement React-based features for web applications that handle real-time and historical aviation data.

You will integrate, process, and visualize data from live streams and archived datasets, collaborating with backend engineers, product managers, and UX/UI designers to shape feature design and implementation. A focus on code quality, testing, and documentation will help maintain reliable frontend systems.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience building user-facing web applications, or equivalent through internships, projects, or coursework
• Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, state management, and modern web standards (HTML/CSS)
• Familiarity with asynchronous frontend patterns and working with APIs or data streams
• Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn from feedback and mentorship
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-moving environment
• Attention to code quality, performance, and maintainability
• Experience with mapping or geospatial tools such as Mapbox or Cesium is a bonus
• Exposure to live data or video streaming concepts is a bonus
• Must be a U.S. Person under U.S. export control regulations
• Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States
• No visa sponsorship or visa transfer support is available
• Must be based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area
• Must be able to work in San Carlos, CA, at least 3 days per week
• Must be available for full-time employment within the next 30 days

Responsibilities

• Design and implement React-based features for web applications using real-time and historical aviation data
• Integrate, process, and visualize data from live streams and archived datasets
• Collaborate with backend engineers, product managers, and UX/UI designers on feature design and implementation
• Contribute to code reviews and established frontend best practices and architectural patterns
• Ensure frontend systems are reliable and maintainable through testing and documentation
• Contribute to reusable components and shared frontend libraries

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Asynchronous Frontend Patterns

Tools

Mapbox

Cesium

APIs

Data Streams

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a frontend engineer to design and implement React-based features for web applications that handle real-time and historical aviation data.

You will integrate, process, and visualize data from live streams and archived datasets, collaborating with backend engineers, product managers, and UX/UI designers to shape feature design and implementation. A focus on code quality, testing, and documentation will help maintain reliable frontend systems.