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Knightscope
Knightscope·19 days ago

Senior frontend engineer, video ui

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Location

onsite, Sunnyvale, California, United States

Salary

$170k – $200k/yr

Commitment

Full Time

Level

Senior (5+ years)

Required skills

Frontend engineeringReactWebRTCMedia playersReal-time video UIAccessibilityPerformance optimizationSoftware development lifecycleStreaming backend integrationDesign system authoring

Job Description

About Knightscope

Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP) is a security technology company building the nation's first Autonomous Security Force: autonomous machines, AI-driven software, and elite security professionals operating as one integrated managed service. The Company is on a mission to make the United States of America the safest country in the world. One Team. One Force.

Job Summary

You will own the Signals video UI, the primary customer-facing surface of the Signals platform, as we bring it in-house from a third-party vendor. You will be the first of a two-person frontend team, setting the standards and codebase that the second engineer will build on.

Location: ONSITE - Sunnyvale, CA

About the Role

You will own the Signals video UI, the primary customer-facing surface of the Signals platform, as we bring it in-house from a third-party vendor. You will be the first of a two-person frontend team, setting the standards and codebase that the second engineer will build on.

Key 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.

Required 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.

Nice to Have

  • Security or surveillance product UI experience.
  • Design system authoring experience.
  • Prior work inheriting a codebase from a vendor or design agency.

Compensation and Benefits

Base Salary: $170,000 to $200,000 (DOE)

Equity: Stock options

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off

Location Requirement: Full-time, on-site at Sunnyvale HQ

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