Lead the development of the populAI web application
TypeScript/React front-end, Node.js services and REST APIs
used by SimOps operators to configure, control and monitor the simulation.
Work with UX designers to design the interfaces operators use to issue complex commands across thousands of simulated entities and surface the current state of a running simulation clearly under pressure.
Extend the social media authoring and monitoring toolset that drives simulated public sentiment and content in response to in-simulation events.
Build the macro and scripting tooling operators use to design large scripted set pieces across a simulated scenario.
Contribute to the C++ simulation engine when features cross the web/sim boundary, working alongside simulation specialists.
Collaborate with Product and defence stakeholders to turn customer problems into effective operator experiences.
Mentor and upskill teammates in modern React, TypeScript and Node.js practices, raising the web engineering bar across the team.
Support populAI deployments on-site at customer exercises, hackathons and industry events, and bring what you learn back into the product.
Requirements
4+ years of software engineering experience building complex web applications with React, TypeScript and Node.js.
Track record of delivering non-trivial UI
real-time data, dense information surfaces, or visualisations where clarity is the product.
Experience designing and building REST APIs and service layers that back a complex web application.
Ability to move comfortably between languages and layers of the stack, including contributing to C++ when a feature crosses the web/sim boundary.
A communicative, proactive style
visible in discussions, willing to challenge and be challenged, and able to raise the bar for the engineers around you.
A product engineering mindset: energised by understanding customer problems and shipping things that create real value.
Comfortable multiplying yourself with AI-assisted development workflows.
Able to obtain and maintain UK Security Vetted status to at least SC level.
Prepared to attend our office in Shoreditch at least once a week.
Tech Stack
JavaScript
Node.js
React
TypeScript
Benefits
Hybrid working with 1 day per week in our fantastic office in Shoreditch, London
Private Health Insurance
Enhanced pension scheme
Enhanced parental leave
3 extra days off at Christmas (on top of our standard 25)