Frontend Software Engineer

This role is remote, though the right to work for a UK-registered company is required. If you prefer, you can work from our offices in London and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Who are we?

At Literal Labs, we build state of the art Machine Learning algorithms for the Edge. Our goal is to allow customers to integrate AI into all devices, however large or small, wherever they need to be. We are world leaders in Tsetlin machines and other logic based techniques which are faster, explainable, and orders of magnitude more energy efficient than today’s neural networks. We are researchers, professors, software and hardware engineers. The strength and breadth of the team is unique; what we share is the desire to address some of the greatest challenges facing technology and humanity today. Will you join us?

About the role:

We’re excited to begin our search for a Mid / Senior Frontend Software Engineer who will:

• Be part of Product Engineering, which focuses on connecting customers to our platform of Machine Learning tools.
• Take pride in crafting maintainable, high quality code, while balancing technical debt and business needs.
• Advocate for the customer, driving user centric design and experience.
• Analyse user journeys to identify problems using logging and analytics tools.
• Collaborate with colleagues in Product, Machine Learning and Hardware to build solutions that use all our capabilities.
• Create technical documentation and share knowledge to upskill other team members.
• Stay on top of web development trends and apply them pragmatically.

Skills we are looking for:

Essential

• Expertise in building user interfaces with TypeScript, React.js and Next.js.
• Fluency with CSS and popular frameworks (e.g. Tailwind).
• Proven ability to understand user needs and translate that into end Product.
• Experience with automated frontend testing (e.g. Vitest, Nightwatch).
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Desirable

• An eye for design detail and ability to contribute where needed.
• Experience with Backend API development and relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL and ORMs like Prisma.
• Experience working in a start-up or early-stage Deep Tech projects.
• Experience with Cloud computing, ideally Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with CI/CD, ideally GitHub Actions.
• Demonstrable passion for web development.

We are looking for people to join our team who are excited about and a good match with our culture. You can read more about our cultural operating system on our website.

What we offer:

• Impact. An opportunity to join an exciting deep tech startup that will challenge conventional thinking in Edge AI and TinyML.
• Career progression. We are a small company so you will have an opportunity to shape the role depending on your strengths and ambitions.
• Friendly, knowledgeable teammates. Our team is experienced and enjoys sharing knowledge. We document our work, hold literature reviews and casual show and tells to help each other grow professionally.
• Flexibility. We are a remote team and this provides you with genuine flexibility over where and how you work in collaboration with our team.
• Unlimited Holiday. Beyond the UK minimum (20 days + 8 bank holidays), we offer the option to take additional paid holiday within reason and mutually convenient.
• Equity. All permanent employees will receive meaningful share options in the company; we are currently in the process of implementing the option pool.
• Pension. Literal Labs will contribute 5% of qualifying earnings to your pension.

Please note - we are very interested to hear from you even if you do not possess all of the listed skills, attributes and experiences. We embrace diversity and equal opportunity and we strive to build a team that represents various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills to make us stronger. At this time, the right to work for a UK-registered company is required.

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