Work with cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world’s most challenging technical problems in the Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems. Working with high profile customers across militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others.

With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia and having raised approximately $250m in 2024 alone, DroneShield is undergoing hypergrowth stage, fuelled by rapidly increasing use of drones for nefarious applications, from battlefield, to terrorism, to contraband delivery and commercial espionage.

This role is in the DroneShield Sydney headquarters in Sydney CBD. There are approximately 240 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 300 staff by end of 2026. Overseas on the ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Denmark, Germany and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries globally.

About the role

DroneShield is seeking a Frontend Engineer to join the Access Portal Team - the central platform where customers interact with their DroneShield devices, manage their systems, and access core functionality across the DroneShield ecosystem.

In this role, you will contribute to the greenfield rebuild of the Access Portal's frontend, delivering new capabilities across device and customer management, the Learning Management System, access control, the UAS Incidents Database, and the 3D Planning Tool. You will also contribute to DroneShield's internal component library, helping to establish consistency and efficiency across our product suite. In addition, you will drive the introduction of a one-click philosophy to simplify workflows and deliver a streamlined, modern user experience.

You will be reporting to the Access Portal Lead, and will work closely with senior engineers within, and out the Access Portal team.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations 

• Design and develop the current systems to increase functionality and usability
• Build features and improvements from conceptualisation to realisation working closely with the software engineering team
• Take operational responsibility for the services and code base that you will develop
• Contribute to Cutting Edge Component Libraries

Qualifications, Experience and Skills 

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• Between 3 and 5 years’ experience in software developing
• Experience working with at least one modern TypeScript framework, React is ideal
• Experience working with two or more from the following: web application development, Unix/Linux environments, distributed and parallel systems, developing large software systems, and/or security software development
• Experience using REST APIs and websockets
• Experience developing microservices infrastructure is ideal
• Previous ‘start-up’ or ‘scale-up’ experience is favourable
• Familiar with Redux, Tailwind, MUI, ZOD (yup), React Hook Forms, Docker, Postman, GitLab and/or AWS is favourable
• You are a lifelong learner. You’re self-taught and continuously learning. You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise
• You are experienced working with modern infrastructure and tools
• You are comfortable running your software in Linux environments
• You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testing
• You’re familiar with designing and building distributed and scalable systems
• An abundance of ambition and motivation to grow the company and compete with the big players in the industry

Who you are

• You are a lifelong learner. You’re self-taught and continuously learning. You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise
• You are experienced working with modern infrastructure and tools
• You are comfortable running your software in Unix environments
• You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testing
• You’re familiar with designing and building distributed and scalable systems
• An abundance of ambition and motivation to grow the company and compete with the big players in the industry.

Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.