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With over 35 nationalities and a range of backgrounds represented in our Benevolent team, we aim to build an inclusive environment where our people can bring their authentic selves to work, be respected for who they are and the exceptional work they do. We welcome and actively encourage applications from all sections of society and are committed to offering equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, disability, age, citizenship, or any other basis. We see our diversity as an asset as we tackle challenging problems that bridge the gap between drug discovery and technology.

The Role

We are looking for a Frontend Engineer to join our Applications Development team. Our goal is to build a unified web application to deliver unique biomedical data and machine learning capabilities directly to the hands of our scientists. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a modern front-end stack to solve complex problems as part of collaborative, cross-functional teams.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Deliver new web application features and functionalities for scientists
• Drive a consistent User Experience across our product, working closely with ‘UX’
• Collaborate with Biologists, Chemists, ML/AI Scientists and Data Scientists
• Apply web development best practices to write reliable, maintainable code

Additional Responsibilities:

• Contribute to team sprint ceremonies, idea sessions, and knowledge shares
• Embrace varied delivery practices: prototypes, MVPs, and production-level code
• Help scale our frontend architecture and developer tooling capabilities

We are looking for someone with:

• 3+ years of commercial development experience
• Enthusiasm to explore the Biomedical problem domain (no experience expected!)
• Passion for elegant UI/UX solutions
• Strong communicator who works well within a team
• Desire to work with Typescript, Vue (CompositionAPI), GraphQL, Apollo, NodeJS
• Interest in developer tooling e.g. Vite, Turborepo
• Bonus points for interest in CI/CD (e.g. Gitlab Pipelines), Docker, Kubernetes

About us

BenevolentAI unites AI with human expertise to discover new and more effective medicines. Our unique computational R&D platform spans every step of the drug discovery process, powering an in-house pipeline of over 25 drug programmes. We advance our mission to reinvent drug discovery by harnessing the power of a diverse team, rich with different backgrounds, experiences, opinions and personalities. In our offices in London and New York and research facility in Cambridge (UK), we work in highly collaborative, multidisciplinary teams, harnessing skills across biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, machine learning, informatics, precision medicine and drug discovery.

We share a passion for being part of a mission that matters, and we are always looking for curious and collaborative people who share our values and want to be part of our journey. If that sounds like a fit for you, hit the ‘apply’ button and join us.

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