Staff Frontend Architect — Real-Time Telemetry Platform

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is building rockets and an automated factory for Terran R. You will own the frontend platform behind the operator UI, shaping architecture and a unified design system that multiple teams rely on.

You will lead consolidation of front ends into a cohesive platform and push for high-performance, real-time data handling. The role emphasizes setting direction, mentoring engineers, and delivering robust frontends for a highly ambitious spacecraft program.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building production web apps.
• Deep TypeScript and React expertise.
• Experience owning a frontend platform or large shared codebase.
• Strong frontend performance, profiling, and UI responsiveness.

Responsibilities

• Own the frontend platform behind the operator UI, including the application shell, design system, and shared data layer.
• Define architecture and contribution model for domain teams shipping UI modules.
• Lead consolidation of multiple front ends into a single unified operator platform.
• Build for hard real-time: render live telemetry within tight safety budgets.
• Set technical direction and raise engineering quality across the org.

Job description

Relativity Space is building rockets and an automated factory for Terran R. You will own the frontend platform behind the operator UI, shaping architecture and a unified design system that multiple teams rely on.

You will lead consolidation of front ends into a cohesive platform and push for high-performance, real-time data handling. The role emphasizes setting direction, mentoring engineers, and delivering robust frontends for a highly ambitious spacecraft program.