Senior Frontend Engineer, Video UI
About this role
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