Senior Frontend Developer

REACH INDUSTRIES
London
1 year ago
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At Reach Industries, we believe that scientists are solving some of the world's most pressing challenges, from combating climate change to developing vaccines and new treatments for diseases yet their tools are still poor. Our AI powered software platform, Lumi, automates operational data capture, insights and processes in labs, augmenting scientists so they can focus on the more creative aspects of their work. Lumi is versatile and is being applied across a wide range of life science industries, including in biotech and pharma.


We are a startup where the early team have a strong background in various frontier technologies and a deep love for making science better. We've already shipped a first version of the Lumi platform and we've received excellent feedback from early customers. We have very ambitious plans for Lumi ahead, so now we're looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to become a vital part of our core team, assuring the robustness, security, and efficiency of our server-side logic, ensuring that our platform serves the complex needs of our scientific users.


Role brief:


As a Senior Frontend Developer at Reach Industries, you will play a crucial role in producing user interfaces for our computer vision powered, web-based products. Working with people throughout the business, your team will transform unique requirements into impressive user experiences. Being requirements led, you will draw from your existing confidence in frontend web development and research new technologies in order to output bespoke, best-in-class solutions.


Your Impact


You should have a strong professional background in React, Typescript, industry standard UI libraries and Git along with familiarity with UX tools and web graphics libraries.

Work with your team and the rest of the business to convert requirements into well designed, maintainable Next Js and Typescript code.

Implement data visualisation components and interactive features for displaying complex datasets.

Integrate video streaming capabilities and leverage webRTC for real-time communication.

Utilise websockets for efficient and seamless real-time data exchange.

Integrate external APIs to fetch and display dynamic content within the frontend applications.

Ensure code quality through code reviews, testing, and debugging.

Optimise frontend performance and ensure cross-browser compatibility.

Collaborate with the backend team to define and implement API contracts.

Stay updated with the latest frontend trends, frameworks, and best practices.


Your experience:


  • Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Frontend Developer, with a strong focus on web technologies.
  • Proficiency in TypeScript, React, Next Js, Git, VSCode, and Figma (or similar UX tools).
  • Experience with the use and configuration of modern UI libraries such as ChakraUI, TailwindCSS, MUI
  • Experience in developing data visualisation or graphical web applications with tools such as D3, Chartly, Three Js,HTML Canvas API etc.
  • A technical understanding of the challenges and principals involved in developing mobile-first web applications.
  • Understanding of real-time client-server communication and video streaming using tools such as websockets or webRTC
  • Knowledge of API integration and working with RESTful APIs.
  • Confidence in component composition, project structure and code quality reflecting industry standards such as DRY, SRP, SOLID.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in an Agile/Scrum environment.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to work effectively in a remote and collaborative team environment.


Benefits:


  • Competitive salary depending on applicant experience and skill level.
  • Stock Options We want our team to be a part of our success and offer all permanent team members stock options
  • Holiday 27 days + Bank Holidays + Birthday off + Company closure between Christmas and New Year
  • Pension Contribution 8% from us and 1% from our employees
  • Flexible working with an 8am-10am start and 4-6pm finish
  • Enhanced Maternity Leave Available to employees with 6+ months tenure, Reach Industries pays 100% of your salary for the first 26 weeks of your maternity leave. The next 13 weeks is paid at 50% of your base salary
  • Growth & Development Allocated annual budget for conferences, training courses and other materials
  • Hybrid working, with time in our Bristol HQ when required


Celebrating Diversity


We encourage, support and celebrate diversity in the workplace and in all aspects of life. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer who strives to ensure a balanced and measured approach to all aspects of employment.


We want this to be the best place you've ever worked; a fun environment where you will positively influence the culture and have the freedom and confidence to do your best work with the respect and trust of your colleagues.


Contact


If you are interested please contact for more information


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We currently do not wish to work with any external recruiters or agencies, please do not contact us at this stage as it will jeopardise any opportunity of working together in the future.

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