As a Frontend Engineer, you'll develop user-facing features, enhance frontend functionality using JavaScript frameworks, and collaborate with teams to build scalable, high-performance web applications.
About Nominal
Nominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City. We’re focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systems—think drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. Supported by leading investors like General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and more, we’re gaining strong traction in the commercial and government aerospace and defense industrial base, including working directly with the Department of Defense.
Our team includes engineers and operators from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Lockheed Martin, and NASA, all working toward a common goal: making it faster and easier for hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology safely and efficiently. Our platform helps engineering teams accelerate test data review and analysis, scaling testing campaigns to save time and cut costs.
As a Frontend Engineer, you’ll play a crucial role in developing and enhancing user-facing features of our platform. You will build scalable and intuitive web applications, focusing on high-performance visualizations and dynamic interaction design.
🚀 About the role
- Develop and Enhance Features: Build and improve frontend functionality using modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Next.js, and TypeScript. Focus on creating polished, usable interfaces with an emphasis on user experience.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Partner closely with backend engineers to integrate APIs (e.g., tRPC) and ensure seamless user experiences. Work with product and design teams to validate designs and iterate on features.
- Build Scalable Systems: Contribute to scalable architecture, particularly when working with APIs and managing large data volumes to optimize the user experience.
- Prioritize Performance and UX: Create high-performance, visually appealing frontend solutions that handle complex data sets efficiently. Ensure the product is fast, smooth, and intuitive to use, even under heavy load.
🙌 We’d love to hear from you if you have
- 3+ years of experience in frontend software engineering, with a focus on building web applications and data-driven tools.
- Strong knowledge of modern frontend technologies such as React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
- A passion for crafting beautiful, user-centric interfaces and a keen eye for design details.
- Experience working on products for technical users, such as dashboards, time-series visualization tools, or complex data-editing environments.
- A collaborative mindset and a desire to contribute to the product roadmap by offering insights and feedback.
⚡ Skills that supercharge us
- Frontend Development: Expertise in modern JavaScript and frameworks like React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
- Styling & UI Libraries: Familiarity with Tailwind CSS or similar utility-first CSS frameworks, and Radix UI for building reusable UI components.
- API Integration: Experience with APIs (RESTful, GraphQL, or tRPC) and integrating them into frontend applications seamlessly.
- Performance Optimization: Knowledge of performance-focused tools and techniques for rendering large datasets and building responsive, smooth interfaces.
- WebGL/Graphics: Experience with or interest in WebGL and working on data visualization projects is a plus!
✨ Benefits/Perks
- 🏥 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 🏖️ Unlimited PTO and sick leave
- 🍽️ Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
- 🚀 Professional Development Stipend
- ✈️ Annual company retreat
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
Top Skills
GraphQL
Next.Js
Radix Ui
React
Restful Apis
Tailwind Css
Trpc
Typescript
Webgl
Nominal Los Angeles, California, USA Office
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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