Front End Engineer

Latent Labs; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering company seeks a Front End Engineer to build exceptional user experiences for its biology platform. The role involves crafting intuitive interfaces, optimizing performance, and leading frontend architecture. Candidates should have strong TypeScript and JavaScript skills and a passion for innovative design.

Benefits

Private health insurance

Pension/401(K) contributions

Generous leave policies, including parental leave

Hybrid working

Travel opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record of building responsive, performant web applications.
• Deep expertise with modern frontend frameworks and best practices.
• Experience in creating intuitive interfaces for scientific data.

Responsibilities

• Craft delightful user experiences for biological data visualization.
• Develop front-end components with excellent performance.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and maintain frontend tests.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

UI/UX design implementation

Frontend performance optimization

3D rendering expertise

Scientific visualization

Web security best practices

Tools

React

Tailwind

NextJS

Kubernetes

AWS

WebGL

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled Front End Engineer to create exceptional user experiences for our cutting-edge biology platform. You will join an interdisciplinary team of machine learners, protein engineers and biologists, jointly working to change the way that we control biology and cure diseases. In your role, you will craft delightful, intuitive interfaces that make complex biological data accessible and engaging, contributing to ground breaking science through exceptional user experience design.

Who We Are:

At Latent Labs, we are building frontier models that learn the fundamentals of biology. We pursue ambitious goals with curiosity and are committed to scientific excellence. Before building Latent Labs, our team co-developed DeepMind's Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold, invented latent diffusion, and built pioneering lab data management systems as well as high throughput protein screening platforms. At Latent Labs you will be working with some of the brightest minds in generative AI and biology.

Our team is committed to interdisciplinary exchange, continuous learning and collaboration. Team offsites help us foster a culture of trust across our London and San Francisco sites.

We're looking for innovators passionate about tackling complex challenges and maximizing positive global impact. Join us on our moonshot mission.

Who You Are:

• You are a frontend specialist with expertise in TypeScript and JavaScript

• You are passionate about creating delightful user experiences and have a proven track record of building beautiful, responsive, and performant web applications

• You have deep expertise with modern frontend frameworks, understanding their inner workings and best practices

• You excel at UI/UX design implementation experience, creating pixel-perfect, accessible interfaces

• You have a solid understanding of HTTP protocols, REST APIs, websockets, and DOM manipulation

• You understand web security best practices and frontend authentication patterns

• You have an eye for design and track record of creating intuitive and innovative interfaces

• You're obsessed with creating smooth, fast user experiences and know how to optimize frontend performance

What Sets You Apart:

• 3D rendering expertise: You have hands-on experience with WebGL and creating immersive 3D web experiences

• Scientific visualization background: You've built interfaces for molecular or protein visualisation and understand the unique challenges of scientific data presentation

• Design systems: You have experience building and maintaining component libraries and design systems

Your Responsibilities:

• Craft delightful user experiences: Create the most graphically stunning and intuitive web interfaces for protein and biological data visualization

• Build responsive, performant UIs: Develop front-end components that handle complex scientific data while maintaining excellent performance

• Technical leadership: Lead our front end architecture and have a strong level of influence over technology. Our current stack is React, Tailwind, NextJS, Kubernetes and AWS.

• Component architecture: Design and maintain reusable UI components and frontend architecture

• Frontend performance optimization: Ensure lightning-fast load times and smooth interactions across all user interfaces

• Cross-browser compatibility: Ensure consistent experiences across different browsers and devices

• User experience testing: Write and maintain frontend tests, including unit tests and end-to-end user journey testing

• Collaborate on design: Work closely with science teams to translate complex biological concepts into intuitive user interfaces

Apply:

We offer strongly competitive compensation and benefits packages, including:

• Private health insurance

• Pension/401(K) contributions

• Generous leave policies (including gender neutral parental leave)

• Hybrid working

• Travel opportunities and more

We also offer a stimulating work environment, and the opportunity to shape the future of synthetic biology through the application of breakthrough generative models.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and we are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.