Staff Front End Engineer

Genomics; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Bank Your Bank Holiday

Cycle-to-Work

Pension scheme

Private health insurance

Job summary

Genomics, a science-led TechBio company, is hiring a front-end engineer to own the frontend of our SaaS platform, working with TypeScript and React on large datasets. Hybrid role in Oxford or London with strong emphasis on data visualisation and performance.

You'll collaborate with product managers, designers and data scientists to turn complex analytics into clear user experiences, raise the bar for front-end practice, and contribute to a mission that aims to help people live longer, healthier

Qualifications

• Shipped complex products using TypeScript and React.
• Experience with platforms handling large datasets.
• Ability to own significant workstreams and communicate trade-offs clearly.
• Proven impact on front-end performance and UX.

Responsibilities

• Own the front end of our SaaS platform end to end, from design and delivery to quality and performance.
• Build data visualisation components that stay fast and intuitive when the datasets behind them are enormous.
• Keep the platform performing as data volumes and user numbers grow.
• Make sound technical decisions with minimal oversight, balancing speed with maintainability.
• Work with product managers, designers and data scientists to turn complex analytical output into clear user experiences.
• Raise the bar for front-end practice by sharing knowledge and supporting teammates.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Data Visualisation

Front-end Architecture

Performance Optimisation

Job description

The Mission: Why We Exist

Genomics is a science-led transatlantic TechBio combining large-scale genetic and health data with proprietary analytics to accelerate drug discovery and advance predictive, preventative healthcare. We are united by a single vision to help people live longer, healthier lives, using the power of genomics.

Location: Oxford or London (Hybrid)

Genomics aims to help people live longer, healthier lives in two ways: super-charging drug discovery and development for novel treatments with our AI-enabled advanced genetic analytics platform, and by helping people understand their personal risk of common chronic diseases through polygenic risk scores - giving doctors and health systems the chance to get the right people into the right prevention, screening and treatment programmes at the right time.

Role Purpose

Genomics turns large-scale genetic and health data into insight that speeds up drug discovery and helps people understand their risk of disease. None of it matters if people can’t explore it, trust it and act on it.

A Day in the Life

• Own the front end of our SaaS platform end to end, from design and delivery to quality and performance
• Build data visualisation components that stay fast and intuitive when the datasets behind them are enormous
• Keep the platform performing as data volumes and user numbers grow
• Make sound technical decisions with minimal oversight, and balance speed against long-term maintainability
• Work with product managers, designers and data scientists to turn complex analytical output into clear user experiences
• Raise the bar for front-end practice by sharing knowledge and supporting teammates

Who You Are

• An experienced front end engineer who has shipped complex products in TypeScript and React
• Someone who has worked on a platform handling large datasets, with real depth in data visualisation and front end performance
• Comfortable owning significant workstreams, spotting risks early and solving ambiguous problems without waiting to be told
• A clear communicator who can explain trade-offs to technical and non-technical colleagues alike
• Motivated by the mission: you want your work to help people live longer, healthier lives

Your Package

We are committed to providing a transparent, supportive, and rewarding work environment.

Compensation & Growth

• Competitive Reward: Salaries are externally benchmarked annually to ensure market-aligned compensation.
• Clear Career Path: A straightforward, open progression framework means you’ll always know the path to promotion and how to achieve your next career goal.
• Continuous Learning: Including external courses and a wide library of L&D materials, because your growth is our success.

Wellbeing & Time Off

• Holiday: 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus an extra 3-day company-wide shutdown at year-end.
• Financial & Health Security: Robust benefits including a market-leading pension scheme, comprehensive private health insurance for you and your family with NO excess, critical illness, and life assurance.
• Enhanced Leave: Enhanced paid family leave to support all new parents.

Work Environment & Culture

• Hybrid Working
• Truly Inclusive Time Off: Our 'Bank Your Bank Holiday' program allows you to exchange public holidays for dates that hold personal or cultural significance to you.
• Vibrant Social Culture: From regular Town Halls and team picnics to organised sports events, our social committee ensures frequent opportunities to connect and celebrate.
• Green Commute: Cycle-to-Work scheme and convenient office locations near major transport hubs.

Ready to Build the Future?

We are dedicated to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Genomics politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.