Lead Frontend Engineer - Real-Time Video UI (Sunnyvale)

Knightscope, Inc.

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 170,000 - 200,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Medical, dental, vision

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Paid time off

Job summary

Knightscope, Inc. is hiring to own the Signals video UI—the primary customer-facing surface of the Signals platform. You will be the first of a two-person frontend team, setting standards and a codebase for the second engineer to build on.

This onsite role in Sunnyvale requires 7+ years in frontend engineering, strong WebRTC/video UI experience, and a performance- and accessibility-first mindset. You will collaborate with backend teams and prepare for a future paired hire in 2027.

Qualifications

7+ years in frontend engineering.
Strong experience with real-time video UI (WebRTC clients, media players).
Deep experience with a modern frontend framework (React preferred).
Accessibility and performance-first mindset.
Comfort owning a customer-facing surface end to end.

Responsibilities

Own the Signals video UI codebase and development lifecycle.
Lead knowledge transfer from the current vendor UX designer.
Partner with the video/streaming backend team on end-to-end streaming experience.
Establish frontend standards for testing, accessibility, and performance.
Prepare the team and codebase for the paired frontend hire later in 2027.