Front End Developer, Uncrewed and Advanced Aviation

ForeFlight is looking for a motivated software engineer to join our Engineering team. This individual will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our frontend products used to support a new initiative in the Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) and Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) space.
This position is for a technically well-rounded individual with experience building and shipping scalable front end products. You must be comfortable taking requirements, breaking them down, and implementing them with well-written code.
Professionally, this person has a track record of completing projects independently, is driven to execute, seeks advice and direction from team members when needed, and plows ahead to completion when the path forward is clear.
This position can be based at any of our three offices (Austin, Houston, Portland ME) or fully remote from select states. A (drone) pilot-coder, or individual looking to pursue their private pilot license, is a plus.
Primary Experience:

• 4+ years of professional experience designing, building, and shipping software using TypeScript and unit tests and other automation to validate its quality.
  • TypeScript
  • React
• Curious and eager to learn new technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Bonus Experiences:

• GIS / Mapping
• 3D visualizations
• (Drone) Pilot coder

Desired Qualities:

• Are good with finding the best way forward in ambiguous situations
• Have a bias toward action and getting results
• Find beauty in a nicely written unit test
• Aren't discouraged by complexity and enjoy digging in deep
• Communicate effectively and kindly with many different roles
• Enjoy helping others work through unfamiliar domains

About ForeFlight:
ForeFlight produces the best-selling iPad and iPhone app for pilots flying personal and business aircraft, corporate flight departments, and aircraft operators. Customers include individual pilots worldwide, Fortune 500 corporate flight departments, state and federal agencies, leading operators, the military, and leading aircraft OEMs. We have been in the App Store since its grand opening in July, 2008 and are consistently ranked in the top 50 grossing iPad apps in the App Store.
We are known for our exceptional software user interface design and responsive, customer support. ForeFlight Mobile, our flagship application, was named Aviation Consumer's 2011 App of the Year and received Flying Magazine's Editors' Choice Award for 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Why You Should Join:
At ForeFlight, we know you want a rewarding career. To do that, you need challenging projects, a good work environment, and awesome coworkers. We believe in our employees, and we
empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. We strive to provide ForeFlighters and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits package includes but not limited to the following:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance with Employer paid health premiums
• Open PTO Policy
• 401(k) with up to 10% company matching and immediate vesting
• 10 Weeks Paid Maternity Leave
• 4 Weeks Paid Paternity Leave
• Flight Training Rewards
• Tuition Stipend