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Senior Frontend Engineer, Video UI
About this role
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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