Staff Front-End Engineer

Key Skills

AngularJS, CSS, Design, Effective communication skills, HTML, JavaScript, Software Development, TypeScript, UI design, UX design

Job Description

About us

Character’s mission is to give everyone on earth access to their own deeply personalized superintelligence that helps them live their best lives.

Achieving our mission will require solving ambitious technical challenges, including engineering, research, and design, and we are assembling a world-class team to do so. Our founding team includes AI pioneers from Google Brain and Meta Research whose research has led to major breakthroughs in natural language understanding and dialog applications such as Transformers and Google LaMDA.

Check out our beta to get a glimpse into the future.

About the role

We are building the future of open-ended interactions between people and intelligent dialog agents. This requires rethinking design, user interfaces, workflows and interactivity from first principles. We’re looking for Staff level Front End Engineers who are genuinely excited about this future and can make significant contributions to our front-end development efforts. If you are a skilled software engineer with a deep passion for front end development, and you thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a user interface that is highly performant, visually appealing, and easy to use.
• Refine and improve our user interface to ensure it’s highly engaging, that it delights our consumer audience and exceeds their needs, desires and expectations.
• Collaborate with others to define and implement new product features and design patterns
• Use your expertise with Front End technology and tools to create a positive and engaging experience.
• Develop front end software for cross platform implementations.

Job Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience as a Front End Software Engineer with a strong focus on user experience and design
• Experience with JS frameworks and libraries including at least 2 years experience with React is also required.
• React native experience is highly preferred
• Demonstrated experience with UI/UX design and rapidly iterating based on user feedback.
• Deep understanding of Typescript, Javascript CSS, HTML, and modern front end design patterns and best practices. 
• Experience with the front end development of rapidly scaling consumer-facing applications is highly desired.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced development environment and deliver timely results.
• Demonstrated use of data driven approaches to experiment, measure success and iterate is also a must.
• Ability to navigate complex technical and product-related issues.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are also required

Character is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We value diversity and encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.