Front-End Engineer
Airspace Link
Software Engineering
Detroit, MI, USA · Copenhagen, Denmark
Posted on Mar 14, 2026
About Airspace Link
Airspace Link is a fast-growing Series B startup shaping the future of drone operations. We provide innovative software solutions that enable safe, scalable, and integrated drone flights in communities nationwide. As an FAA-approved provider of LAANC airspace checks and B4UFLY safety checks, we serve as the air traffic control system for drones, supporting cities, states, and federal agencies while enabling private industry to thrive in the emerging drone economy.
Job Summary
In a highly collaborative distributed agile team environment, you would be involved in all stages of the design and implementation of user interface, API, and data components for Airspace Link’s applications.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to and participate in innovation projects from research, ideation, incubation, to scale and production
- Lead innovation for major software components, systems, and features
- Design and develop new systems to enhance data and analytics performance with high throughput and low latency in distributed systems
- Own complex features from specification to production as assigned in project management software
- Collaborate with product and technology team members to avail scalable software
- Facilitate and contribute to knowledge transfer and aid in the growth and development of other engineers on the team
- Drive a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Identify and introduce new technologies and patterns that elevate the platform
- Develop highly scalable microservices-based applications that are fault-tolerant and highly available
Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent years to relevant experience or education
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience working on production SaaS applications or APIs
- An affinity for code and performance optimizations, including algorithm/data design and usage
- Direct development experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, such as React, Vue, Angular; TypeScript experience preferred
- Experience developing RESTful APIs with Node.js, .NET, Java, or Go. Go experience preferred
- Familiarity with AWS or Azure cloud services
- Familiarity with modern AuthZ and AuthN standards (OAuth2, JWT, etc.)
- Familiarity with CSS and/or CSS Preprocessors (Less, Sass, etc)