Senior Software Engineer – Front-End

Speechmatics; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Company lunches

Birthday celebrations

Private medical & dental

Home office allowance

Parental leave support

Job summary

Speechmatics is expanding its user platform and seeks a Senior Front-End Software Engineer with a strong product mindset. You will own end-to-end feature development, shaping user experiences from ideation to shipping, and iterating based on real user feedback and analytics data.

Lead polished, accessible user interfaces using React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and collaborate closely with designers and PMs.

Qualifications

• Must be proficient in React, JavaScript, HTML and CSS with production quality frontend code.
• Demonstrates a product-minded engineering approach.
• Comfort making UX/UI decisions independently.
• Hands-on with iterative development practices including A/B testing and feature experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Own product features from ideation through delivery and post-launch iteration.
• Build polished, accessible UIs using React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Collaborate with designers and PMs; drive frontend execution without handoffs.
• Design and run A/B tests to validate product decisions and surface insights.
• Use analytics tools to understand user interactions and inform development.
• Partner with backend engineers, PMs, and designers to ship user-impactful features.
• Write and maintain robust UI tests for production quality.

Skills

React

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

Product mindset

Indep UX/UI decisions

A/B testing

Analytics tools

Tools

Mixpanel

UI testing

RESTful APIs

Cloud deployments

Job description

At the company, we're expanding our user platform offering. We're looking for a Senior Front-End Software Engineer with a strong product mindset to help drive that growth. This is an opportunity to own end-to-end feature development at a leading-edge AI company, from shaping the user experience through to shipping and iterating based on real user feedback and analytics data.

What you’ll do

• Own product features from ideation through to delivery, contributing to UX thinking, frontend execution, and post-launch iteration
• Build polished, accessible user interfaces using React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Make UX and UI decisions independently, collaborating closely with designers and PMs rather than waiting on detailed handoffs
• Design and run A/B tests to validate product decisions and surface insights that improve the user experience
• Use analytics tooling such as Mixpanel to understand how people interact with the product and feed that learning back into what gets built
• Partner with backend engineers, product managers, and designers to ship features that genuinely move the needle for users and the business
• Write and maintain robust UI tests, taking ownership of quality in production and at scale
• Run user interviews and meet customers to understand how people use the product and what drives adoption

What you’ll need

• Proficiency in React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with a track record of shipping production-quality frontend code
• A product-minded engineering approach
• Comfort owning UX and UI decisions independently
• Hands-on experience with iterative development practices, including A/B testing and feature experimentation
• Familiarity with user analytics tools such as Mixpanel or a comparable platform
• Experience with UI testing frameworks and a solid grounding in frontend engineering best practices
• Confidence collaborating cross-functionally with designers, PMs, and backend engineers
• A track record of using user feedback and data to improve features

Nice to have

• Experience using coding agents (eg Claude, Codex, OpenCode) to improve productivity and code quality
• Exposure to backend development, including RESTful APIs and cloud deployments
• Experience conducting or participating in user interviews as part of a product discovery process

Who we are:

the company is the leading expert in Speech Intelligence, and uses AI and Machine Learning to unlock business value in human speech worldwide. We work with an amazing mix of global companies, and our technology can integrate into our customers stack irrespective of their industry or use case – making it the go-to solution to harness useful information from speech.

Joining us means working with some of the smartest minds around the world, focused on cutting-edge projects and deploying the latest techniques to disrupt the market. We believe in putting people first; we'll do all we can to help you develop your skills and give you the tools you need to thrive. Our Focus Fridays give you an undisturbed day of focus, offset with Together Tuesdays when we have our team meetings, so you've always got the right balance.

We have structured a hybrid approach that includes 2-3 designated office days each week. This arrangement ensures that while we embrace the advantages of remote work, we also maintain the vital connection and synergy that only in-person interactions can foster.

This is only the beginning; we're looking for amazing people like you to continue our journey…

What we can offer you:

• We offer incredibly flexible working, regular company lunches, and birthday celebrations.
• From Private Medical, and Dental for you and your family, through to global working opportunities, a generous holiday allowance and pension/401K matching,
• Every employee will receive a working from home allowance for tech or home office equipment (on top of your choice of laptop and accessories of course).
• Our approach to parental leave is designed to support employees globally.
• While this varies by geo, we have support in place for parents (including adoption assistance and reproductive health services) to ensure they have the time and financial resources needed to care for their growing families.

At the company, our mission is simple: Understand Every Voice out there.

That's not just about our tech – it's the heart and soul of who we are.We welcome different experiences, viewpoints, and identities. For us, it's not just the right thing to do; it's our catalyst for sparking innovation and creativity. Our teams thrive in an environment that celebrates and supports everyone – no matter their gender, identity or expression, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, marital status, national origin, veteran status, pregnancy, or maternity status.

But we don't just open the door to diversity – we actively welcome it. Why? Because we believe every unique voice adds something special to our team, leading us to smarter solutions and a better workplace.

So, come as you are and join our Speechling community.

We're building a place where every voice not only gets heard but is also respected and valued.

For more information on us,please visitour website and follow the company on our social channels viaTwitter,Facebook,LinkedIn,andYouTube.