Senior Product/Frontend Software Engineering Position
Summary
* Total comp: £175k-£200k (inc. Equity)
* Hybrid working policy: Mandatory minimum three days a week in our Waterloo office
* Experience level: At least five years in commercial software engineering
🚀 About Orchestra
Orchestra is an AI-native data pipelining platform building the future of data orchestration and observability. We have built a declarative framework allowing data engineers to explicitly declare how their data pipelines behave. Think CI/CD but for data teams!
Backed by VCs from San Francisco, New York and London with angels from across the data space and beyond.
👷 Engineering at Orchestra
* We care deeply about our users—their pain points and experience
* We're a small team of generalists who embrace new challenges regularly
* We're united by our mission, focused execution, and speed
* We deploy to production multiple times a day
🛠️ Tech Stack
* Backend: Python (FastAPI) + Typescript (express)
* Frontend: React + Typescript
* Infrastructure: AWS (serverless!), terraform
* Containerisation: Docker
* Database: PostgreSQL + DynamoDB
* CI/CD: GitHub actions + Blacksmith runners
👩💻 What You'll Do
* Build exceptional product and scale the core experience
* Implement and maintain features across the frontend
* Own systems end-to-end
* Collaborate closely with customers
* Drive the full development lifecycle
* Contribute to shaping our culture and strategy
🙋♂️ About you
* 5+ years of experience building and shipping production-grade web apps, with a focus on frontend
* Strong proficiency in React and TypeScript, with solid knowledge of modern frontend architecture, performance, and maintainability.
* Deep understanding of UI engineering principles, state management, component design, and scalable frontend systems.
* Pragmatic and product-driven — you balance speed, experimentation, and long-term code quality.
* Comfortable working with cloud-based platforms and collaborating closely with backend services and APIs.
* Bonus: Familiarity with Python or an interest in contributing beyond the frontend when needed.
Benefits
* Competitive salary + equity
* Bi-annual offsite
* Regular team dinners + socials
* Choice of laptop
* Access to latest and greatest AI tooling