Front End Engineer

About The Role

Rune Technologies builds mission-critical software for military logistics and sustainment. We are a small, fast-moving team combining deep operational experience in and with the DoD with the software discipline of the best product companies. We stay close to our users by embedding directly with military units during exercises and rotations, and we ship constantly based on what we learn.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain complex, production-grade front-end applications using React (preferred) or Angular, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript.
• Own front-end architecture decisions, establishing scalable patterns, frameworks, and engineering best practices that support long-term product growth.
• Develop intuitive user experiences that enable operators to rapidly understand and act on complex logistics and operational data.
• Collaborate closely with product designers, backend engineers, and military subject matter experts to translate mission requirements into high-quality software.
• Build data-intensive interfaces, visualizations, and real-time user experiences that surface critical operational insights.
• Integrate with APIs, WebSocket-based services, and distributed backend systems to deliver responsive, high-performance applications.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering standards that raise the quality and maintainability of the platform.
• Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, usability issues, and production incidents to ensure reliability in demanding operational environments.
• Help shape the future of Rune's front-end platform by identifying opportunities for technical innovation, improved developer experience, and enhanced user impact.

Qualifications

• Expert in React (preferred) or Angular — one must be primary, not both at a surface level
• TypeScript and JavaScript as primary languages; strong command of HTML
• 7+ years of experience with 75%+ in pure front end roles
• Built significant, non-trivial front-end products — not just maintained existing codebases
• Own front end architecture decisions, not just implement tickets

Desired Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating independent, significant front-end work (common for strong FEEs)
• Experience with data-intensive front ends and data visualization (D3.js or similar)
• Experience with mapping libraries — Mapbox, MapLibre
• WebSockets experience — real-time, high-throughput UI
• Has worked at a startup and built something from scratch