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Knightscope

Senior Frontend Engineer, Video UI

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…

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