Frontend Engineer - G06

digiLab; Exeter; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative AI company is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead the development of user-centric interfaces. This full-time role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a collaborative environment. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining scalable frontend applications using React and TypeScript while mentoring junior engineers. The company values work-life balance with a 4-day workweek, allowing for three-day weekends every week. Join a dynamic team that fosters creativity and collaboration, and contribute to solving complex challenges in a supportive atmosphere.

Benefits

4-day working week

Competitive Salary

BUPA private health care

Discretionary EMI scheme

Qualifications

• Strong experience in React and TypeScript for frontend development.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and collaborate in agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality frontend software solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements.

Skills

React

TypeScript

CSS

RESTful API design

Git/GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Agile methodology

UI/UX design principles

Software testing

Mentoring

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

AWS

Reactflow

Job description

Summary:

digiLab is a pioneering AI company that helps enterprises transform complex challenges into innovation with uncertainty quantification, explainable AI and MLOps. Working with organisations in highly regulated or safety-critical industries to solve their complex engineering, infrastructure or data challenges, digiLab specialises in solving problems where data is sparse or uncertain. Having grown from a small team of leading mathematicians and data scientists, digiLab teaches your teams how to solve their grand challenges using a secure AI platform, alongside expert consultancy. digiLab's platform - the Uncertainty Engine is a no-code agentic AI platform that combines data, models and workflows to connect a trustworthy AI digital thread through an organisation.

This is a full-time role (Monday to Thursday), encompassing a broad range of software engineering, frontend development, and team management responsibilities.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer with strong experience in React and Typescript, capable of leading the frontend development of our product. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in software engineering, a passion for creating user-centric interfaces, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

What you will be doing with us:

As a Frontend Engineer at digiLab, you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with a cross-functional team to design, develop, and maintain high-quality frontend software solutions.
• Contributing to the architectural design, development, testing, and deployment of frontend applications.
• Developing applications with React and Typescript, ensuring a high-quality, scalable, and secure codebase.
• Applying security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Mentoring and guiding junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented environment.
• Demonstrating a deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and ensuring efficient deployment processes for frontend code.
• Championing Scrum and making strong contributions to team-process improvements.
• Collaborating with product management to understand and translate business requirements into technical frontend solutions.
• Providing technical support to customers and leading diagnosis and mitigation in incident management investigations.
• Ensuring adherence to RESTful API design principles.

What Skills we are looking for:

• Degree-level qualification in computer science or related field.
• Sufficient industry experience in software development.
• Expertise in React, and React's functional component paradigm, hooks, and custom hook patterns.
• Strong proficiency with TypeScript.
• Expertise in CSS, and experience with a variety of modern CSS approaches.
• Ability to write logical, self-explanatory, and consistent code.
• Experience with user-account management and secure frontend development.
• Professional experience with RESTful API design and best practices.
• Strong understanding of frontend software design patterns, SOLID, DRY principles, and architectural patterns.
• Experience with Git/GitHub and best practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Knowledge of the software testing pyramid and automated testing (smoke, component, unit, performance, load, end-to-end).
• Understanding of UI/UX design principles and a keen eye for detail.
• Proven ability to collaborate in a fast-paced agile team, preferably using scrum.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior engineers.

In addition, some nice to haves are:

• A Masters degree in a related field.
• Experience with AWS: IAM, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, API Gateway, ECR, EC2, Cognito.
• Experience with canvas/diagram libraries (like Reactflow, FlowChart.js, etc.).
• Knowledge of deployment-reliability engineering and reliability best practices.
• Experience with security best practices and frontend security concerns.

Location:

This role is based on-site at digiLab's offices on the Quay, Exeter.

Our Culture and Values:

At digiLab, we prioritize work-life balance with a 4-day workweek (Monday to Thursday), offering a full-time salary and three-day weekends every week! Our team is built on strong connections, with regular socials like game nights, bouldering, and paddleboarding.

We foster a culture of innovation, trust, and collaboration. Our values include:

• Creativity & Agility: Encouraging innovation and flexibility in goal achievement.
• Trust & Responsibility: Supporting each other in taking calculated risks for bold innovation.
• Open & Honest Collaboration: Ensuring transparent communication and alignment.
• High-Performance Standards: Continuously challenging ourselves to excel in delivery.
• Value-Driven Work: Regularly assessing our contributions toward company goals.

Benefits:

We value enthusiasm and loyalty, and we are committed to offering a great work-life balance. Along with the exciting challenges this role provides, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 4-day working week
• Competitive Salary
• BUPA private health care (via salary sacrifice).

Discretionary EMI scheme (eligible after one year with the company).