Senior AI-Driven Software Engineer – Industrial Hardware

Frontdoor Defense; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Stock options

401K

Unlimited PTO

Hybrid schedule

Parental leave

Team outings

Open office El Segundo

Job summary

First Resonance in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our product team and help bring the ION Factory OS to life for hardware builders worldwide.

The role centers on building AI-assisted end-to-end features with Python on the backend and Next.js/TypeScript on the frontend, leveraging AI coding tools to accelerate development while maintaining quality and reliability.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of production-grade software experience.
• Proactively use AI coding tools to boost output and code quality.
• Advanced Python, ORM (SQLAlchemy) and async processing.
• Frontend mastery: TypeScript, React, Next.js proficiency.
• Cloud infra: AWS experience and multi-tenant SaaS deployment.

Responsibilities

• Own full-stack features using AI-augmented workflows (Python/TypeScript).
• Design GraphQL APIs and Postgres data models.
• Build scalable services on AWS for multi-tenant SaaS.
• Leverage AI tools to automate boilerplate and refactor legacy code.
• Create design specifications and UML/system diagrams.
• Improve reliability with tests (Pytest, Jest).

Skills

6+ years experience

AI-native workflow

Python

TypeScript

React

Next.js

GraphQL

AWS

Tools

SQLAlchemy

PostgreSQL

Pytest

Jest

Terraform

CDK

Job description

First Resonance in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our product team and help bring the ION Factory OS to life for hardware builders worldwide.

The role centers on building AI-assisted end-to-end features with Python on the backend and Next.js/TypeScript on the frontend, leveraging AI coding tools to accelerate development while maintaining quality and reliability.