UX Engineer - 4762
UX Engineer (for a World-Leading AI Laboratory Team) Location: King’s Cross, London Contract: 12 months Rate: £42.31 per hour PAYE Working pattern: Hybrid – on-site Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Hours: 40 hours per weekWe are looking for an experienced UX Engineer / Front-End Engineer to a World-leading AI laboratory Science team.The team builds early-stage research deployments and highly novel digital products that bring cutting-edge scientific research to life. You will work closely with researchers, engineers and designers to turn emerging ideas into high-quality web products. This is a new position created due to an increase in project demand. You will support one or two fast-moving products, contributing from the early stages of development through to testing, feedback and iteration.Key responsibilities
- Build modern websites and web applications for cutting-edge research products.
- Develop products from the earliest 0-to-1 stage.
- Work closely with researchers to understand complex ideas and translate them into usable digital experiences.
- Partner closely with UX and product designers throughout the development process.
- Build reusable, accessible and well-tested front-end components.
- Write high-quality code using the latest versions of Angular and TypeScript.
- Attend product calls and contribute technical input to project decisions.
- Submit and review code through established code-review processes.
- Test features, gather feedback and iterate quickly.
- Follow engineering standards, coding conventions, design systems and style guides.
- Contribute to product experimentation and A/B testing.
- Identify technical, delivery and user-experience risks early.
- Use AI-assisted coding tools effectively as part of an AI-first engineering approach.
- Work autonomously and prioritise effectively across one or two projects.
- Enable wider engineering teams to focus on research and core technical challenges by owning front-end product delivery.
- At least four years of professional experience in front-end development, UX engineering, UI development or technical prototyping.
- Strong commercial experience with Angular.
- Strong commercial experience with TypeScript.
- Experience building production-quality websites and web applications.
- Experience using current versions of modern front-end technologies.
- Strong knowledge of front-end testing frameworks and automated testing.
- Experience writing clean, maintainable and reusable code.
- Experience working closely with UX, UI or product designers.
- Strong understanding of responsive and accessible web development.
- Experience participating in code reviews and collaborative engineering workflows.
- Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
- Experience using AI coding tools within the development process.
- Ability to move quickly while maintaining a high standard of quality.
- Experience working in a 0-to-1 product environment.
- Experience building research, scientific, AI or technically complex products.
- A professional or academic background in science.
- Experience working directly with researchers or research engineers.
- Experience with A/B testing and data-informed product development.
- Experience building prototypes, scripts, plug-ins or internal tools.
- Experience contributing to component libraries or design systems.
- One-to-one interview
- Technical coding interview