Frontend Developer

Frontend Engineer – AI Defense Tech Start up – London – Up to £110k + Equity

We\’re working with a well-funded defence tech company building cutting-edge software and AI to power autonomous systems. They’re tackling technically complex and meaningful problems in national security, and are hiring elite engineers to shape their mission-critical products.

You’ll own the architecture and development of the core UI – building intuitive interfaces for commanding autonomous devices and making sense of large-scale sensor data. You’ll collaborate with experts across AI, networking, and robotics in a flat, high-autonomy engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Architecting and building end-to-end user facing software
• Working with UX Designers to build slick and intuitive interfaces
• Liaise with customers to identify and iterate on requirements
• Collaborate with the wider engineering and AI team, on wider technical problems and improve overall knowledge and understanding of the landscape.

Requirements

• Excellent Computer Science fundamental knowledge, ideally with a CompSci degree.
• Strong experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and React or Angular
• Passion for elegant, high-performance UI/UX
• Bonus: mapping libraries (Mapbox, Cesium), backend skills (Rust, Python, C++)

This is a high-impact role with full product ownership, working closely with users in the field.

The firm offers a base salary of up to £110k + Equity (not share options)

For more information, please get in touch! james@durlstonpartners.com