Lead Frontend Engineer, Qloo
$160-195k
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AI-powered recommendation API
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AI-powered recommendation API
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$160-195k
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To understand culture and taste on a global basis.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with React, with a solid understanding of its core principles and ecosystem
- Demonstrated experience in technical leadership or mentorship roles, leading frontend teams or projects
- Strong proficiency in plain JavaScript, including ES6+ features
- Experience with state management libraries such as Redux or Context API
- Extensive experience working with complex APIs, including RESTful and GraphQL
- Proven expertise in building complex visualization interfaces, using libraries like D3.js or similar
- Familiarity with building and deploying applications using Netlify or similar platforms
- Proven track record of working on SaaS products, demonstrating a deep understanding of user needs and product requirements
- Experience building and maintaining production web applications, with attention to performance and scalability
- Ability to deliver meticulous, pixel-perfect implementations of designs
- Proficiency in modern web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design principles
- Familiarity with modern build tools and version control (e.g., Webpack, Babel, Git)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- As a Lead Frontend Engineer, you will be a cornerstone of our dynamic product development team focused on our new Insights Platform
- Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, you'll collaborate closely with the Chief Design Officer and fellow engineers to transform innovative designs into high-performance web applications
- Your deep expertise in React and plain JavaScript will be crucial in building responsive, intuitive user interfaces, including complex visualization interfaces that present data in impactful ways
- Leading a lean and talented team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our SaaS product, ensuring it meets both business objectives and user needs
- In this role, you will provide technical leadership and development, owning frontend development projects end-to-end, from conception through implementation and deployment. Your technical proficiency and leadership will directly influence the quality, performance, and scalability of our applications, enhancing user satisfaction and engagement
- By leveraging your strong experience in React, JavaScript, complex API interactions, and related technologies like Redux and Netlify, you will drive our mission forward by creating interfaces that empower our users and elevate our brand
- Leading and mentoring the frontend team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning
- Driving the development of complex frontend features and visualization interfaces using React, JavaScript, and Redux, ensuring alignment with product strategy and timelines
- Writing high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code to enhance our web applications
- Translating precise design specifications into pixel-perfect implementations, collaborating closely with our User Experience team
- Integrating frontend components with complex backend APIs, working in tandem with back-end developers for seamless functionality
- Implementing best practices for frontend development, including performance optimization, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility
- Deploying applications using platforms like Netlify, and setting up efficient CI/CD pipelines
- Contributing to architectural decisions that shape the future of our frontend stack
Our take
Powered by artificial intelligence, Qloo is aiming to understanding taste and cultural correlations. While giants like Spotify, Expedia and Netflix dominate their sectors, they inadvertently create "data silos", where valuable information remains isolated. A unified system, however, could help understand and predict diverse personal tastes across various domains.
To confront this, Qloo provides companies with AI-generated correlation data spanning numerous cultural and entertainment domains. Leveraging its platform, a user's taste in one category or genre can seamlessly inform recommendations in another, leading to more personalized experiences. For example, Starbucks is using Qloo to create in-store music playlists tailored to specific neighborhoods, enhancing customer engagement.
With an influx in funding over 2023 and 2024, Qloo plans to introduce an accessible self-service interface, aiding small and mid-sized enterprises in charting consumer and taste analytics. Additionally, it has introduced the "multi-person recommendation AI", capable of matching profiles based on individual preferences stored in its database, which further solidifies its position as a leader in personalized recommendation solutions.
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Company benefits
- Health insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off
- Opportunities for professional development and growth
- A collaborative and supportive work environment where your ideas are valued and your contributions recognized
- Flexible work arrangements - we encouraging employees to maintain a well-rounded lifestyle
Company values
- Teamwork
- Open communication
- Mutual respect
Company HQ
Bowery, New York, NY
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Leadership
Alex Elias
(CEO)Previously served as a Principal at APE Capital for 4 years before founding Qloo in 2012.
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