Frontend Engineer (Typescript & React JS)

About Penbrothers

Penbrothers is an HR & remote talent management partner and one of the fastest-growing companies in the Philippines. We provide talented Filipinos with global opportunities in high-growth startups and dynamic companies, from the comfort of their own homes.

About the Client

Our client is a San Francisco based startup that is building software for industrial automation and manufacturing use cases. Our first two products are Operations Agent, an AI workflow engine and chatbot with deep integrations into factory systems, and Engineering Copilot, a coding assistant for PLC programmers.

Our vision is to bring AI-enabled workflows, development tools, languages, and runtimes into the manufacturing ecosystem - ultimately becoming the platform on which all modern industrial automation processes are built and deployed. The first version of the Nexus platform is getting deployed at customers ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to equipment manufacturers.

About the Role

We're looking for a passionate and talented Frontend Engineer to join our team. You'll take ownership of our frontend and VSCode extension code, help deliver in-progress projects, and will be part of planning and architecture of future projects. We are in the exciting and fast-paced 0 1 phase of company building - you'll need to strongly believe in our mission, welcome the challenge of ambiguity, and iterate fast.

What You'll Do

• Understands mission: You're interested in the intersection of the digital and physical worlds - building software that interfaces with robotics, IoT systems, etc. is exciting!
• Bias for action: You believe that the best way to quickly validate an idea is to build a prototype and get feedback directly from customers. You'll be driving architecture decisions and help define our software development process.
• Proactive communication: You speak up and participate. You are willing to respectfully challenge others (and be challenged) to ensure that only the best ideas are executed.
• Strong work ethic: You believe that consistent, sustained (and sustainable) output is important for success. You have a competitive drive to achieve goals in a startup environment.
• Jack of all trades: Writing code, debating strategy, and talking with customers, all in the same day sounds energizing to you!
• Owner's Mentality: No job is too big, too small, too hard, or too easy for you to handle.
• You want to win as a team, not compete against the team. You can admit your mistakes and happily help others with theirs.

What You Bring

• Experience with TypeScript/Node: Has contributed to and shipped many Typescript projects. Deep language and ecosystem knowledge proven in roles as code reviewer and mentor.
• True Full Stack Engineer: Project experience that goes beyond React frontends and REST APIs. Prior exposure to some of: cloud, databases, event driven systems, authentication, networking, monitoring and observability.
• Exceptional Software Development Skills: Experience writing code both from scratch and in large existing codebases. Can implement systems in about one-third the time that others think possible.
• Generative AI: Has built software that utilizes LLM intelligence, for example for agents, chatbots, knowledge retrieval.
• Expert User of AI Coding Tools: Willing and able to use AI tools in their work every day. Excited to help us continuously improve speed and quality of our software development process.
• Critical Thinking: Quickly understands new technologies and how they apply use cases or customers. Can think big, dive deep, and know which one is needed.
• Communication: Ability to communicate quickly and clearly in documents, chat, and calls. Knowledge of specific languages and products is less important than proven experience with a broad set of concepts.

Nice to haves:

• Experience with manufacturing automation and controls engineering software and terminology.
• Created extensions for Visual Studio Code or other another IDE
• Built integrations with enterprise SaaS software
• Familiarity with programming for Windows

Hiring Process

We utilize AI tools to enhance our hiring efficiency and ensure a fair evaluation of all candidates. As a result, candidates who passed our initial evaluations should expect an AI Interviewer as a component of our recruitment process. This is supervised by Human Talent Acquisition Experts who will also engage with you throughout your application journey.

What You'll Get

At Penbrothers, we are obsessed with creating positive employee experiences. Here you'll find an environment that nurtures learning and provides opportunities for growth. You'll have the opportunity to make an impact on fast-growing startups and dynamic companies.

Meaningful work & Growth: We take every opportunity to stretch ourselves and deliver an excellent client experience.

Employee as our biggest asset: We are genuinely invested in our people's career and welfare.

Global reach & local impact: Get to work with high-growth startups and dynamic companies from the comfort of your own home.

Powering global startups: We've created 1,400 jobs that empower global start-ups to focus on growth.