Senior Front End React Engineer - Portal (AU)

Location: Sydney, Australia

Department: Portal & Planning Tool

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.

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.

About the Company

Work with cutting edge AI 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 rapidly growing counter-drone sector.   

Our customers operate in some of the most challenging and high-stakes environments in the world, including military organisations, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcement. Protecting airspace in these settings requires technology that performs under pressure and teams that understand what’s at stake. At DroneShield, employees work at the leading edge of counter-drone innovation, helping to address real-world security challenges as drone threats continue to evolve globally. 

With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia, now part of the ASX200 index, DroneShield is experiencing a period of hypergrowth. Revenue has surged from A$57 million in 2024 to over A$217 million in 2025, representing growth of more than 400% year-on-year, with record profitability and cashflow. The total addressable global market for counter-drone is assessed at approximately $100 billion, and is currently at the nascent stage with much of the growth still to come, with DroneShield well positioned as a global market leader, and the only public listed pure-play business in this sector.   

The company has grown from 11 employees in 2017 to over 450 staff globally today, and is on track to reach around 550 by the end of 2026. This expansion includes investment of over A$50 million annually in R&D, a global pipeline exceeding A$2.5 billion, and continuous scaling of production capacity to meet accelerating demand.  

The role is based at DroneShield’s central Sydney headquarters. Overseas on-the-ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Netherlands, Denmark, Mexico and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries worldwide.