Lead the design and architecture of a next-generation UI framework, optimizing data visualizations for decision-makers in wargaming scenarios while mentoring a small engineering team.
Give decision-makers the clarity they need—exactly when they need it. At Code Metal, real-time physics sims, AI insights, and operator actions converge into massive data streams. As our Visualization & Frontend lead, you’ll turn that firehose into elegant, high-impact experiences that guide multi-billion-dollar force-design choices driven through wargaming. We’re looking for a hands-on architect who can shape a modular UI stack, tame dense geospatial and temporal data, and mentor a small, elite crew to ship polished products fast.
What you’ll do- Architect a next-gen UI framework—design a component library and plugin system that lets internal teams (and future third-parties) extend visualizations without touching core code.
- Render data at scale—build responsive views that fuse live sim outputs, AI overlays, and historical datasets into one coherent, zoom-through timeline.
- Integrate cleanly—consume FastAPI/ZeroMQ endpoints from the backend and publish well-versioned client APIs for mission-planning tools and dashboards.
- Iterate with stakeholders and UX design Leads—relentlsly optimize experience driven by performance and feedback from Airforce wargamers and UX leads.
- Lead by example—drive UI/UX best practices, code reviews, design critique, and automated testing; help teammates grow into force multipliers.
- Ship continuously—own the CI/CD pipeline for web and desktop targets, with an eye toward DoD accreditation and cross-domain distribution.
- Mission with impact: your visuals steer the conversations that shape tomorrow’s force.
- Velocity: tight loops, tiny teams—design in the morning, deploy by evening.
- Ownership: no spectators—every engineer ships code that matters.
RequirementsMust-have credentials
- 6+ years building and deploying data-rich, production-grade web applications.
- Mastery of modern TypeScript/JavaScript frameworks and state-management patterns.
- Proven record designing modular, extensible frontends that multiple teams can evolve in parallel.
- Deep experience visualizing large datasets (time-series, geospatial, graph) in real time.
- Strong grasp of secure, maintainable build and packaging workflows.
- Active Secret clearance (or the ability to obtain quickly).
- WebGL / WebGPU, deck.gl, Cesium, or other high-performance rendering libraries.
- Cross-platform desktop packaging (Electron, Tauri, Progressive Web Apps).
- Familiarity with human-factors design for mission-critical environments.
- TS/SCI clearance.
Benefits
- Health care plan with 100% premium coverage, including medical, dental, and vision.
- 401k with 5% matching.
- Paid Time Off (Uncapped Vacation, plus Sick & Public Holidays).
- Flexible hybrid work arrangement.
- Relocation assistance for qualifying employees.
Top Skills
Cesium
Deck.Gl
Electron
Fastapi
JavaScript
Tauri
Typescript
Webgl
Webgpu
Zeromq
Code Metal Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
Boston, MA , United States
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