Lead Front End Engineer

• 120 Moorgate, London EC2M 7EB, UK

• Full-time

Company Description

Every business, charity, and institution in the world, in every sector, needs to know who they are doing business with. Xapien helps them answer that question – quickly and accurately.

We use deep Natural Language Processing, AI, and huge scale cloud infrastructure to automate the concept of human research and revolutionise the background research industry.

We are looking for a Lead Front End Engineer to help us build the next generation of search.

Job Description

Today Xapien is a team of 25 people and growing. Your role in the company will lead and empower a small front end team to deliver new features, which will enhance the Xapien platform.

Reporting to our CTO, you will also manage and maintain the core technologies that power our application’s front end, and constantly look to improve and evolve the day to day operations of the team.

Our front end is built using React and relies on a range of technologies and tooling, such as CSS-in-JS, Jest, Webpack, automated screenshot testing and storybook.

Qualifications

Along with a passion for creating exceptional user experiences, we would like you to have experience of working with the following:

• HTML, CSS and vanilla JavaScript

• React including hooks

• State management libraries

• Automated interaction testing

• Interaction with RESTful APIs

• A desire to lead

• Git or other source control tools

• Strong communication skills

• Experience working in an agile environment

If you have experience with any of the following, it would be highly advantageous:

• Experience using CI/CD pipelines

• Experience using Storybook to isolate components

• Automated visual tests and/or end-to-end tests, such as Cypress

• Knowledge of design systems

• Experience working with web sockets

Additional Information

For a typical candidate with strong React experience plus some experience leading small teams, we would pay up to £90,000 + options. We also provide a generous and rewarding working environment, including:

• Shares/Equity in the business – you will own a meaningful part of the business

• Private health insurance

• Life Insurance

• Unlimited holidays (yes, it’s really uncapped)

• We invest in your development with a £1k professional development budget per year, and we will always work with you to help you to realise your fullest potential

• We equip each new team member a high-spec laptop when they start, with a choice between Windows or MacBook.

Perks

• All the tools and software you need to be effective and make your working life easier

• Regular team lunches and drinks (as well as monthly and quarterly activities)

• Flexible working hours meaning you can plan your workday around your own schedule

• Fun and inclusive monthly social events, from go-karting to mini golf to karaoke to virtual pub quiz

• A super strong and proactive focus on mental and physical wellbeing

We operate a hybrid working model where our team spends 2 days a week working from our dedicated office base in WeWork Moorgate. Other days can be spent working from home or in the office – it’s up to you!