Senior UI / Frontend Engineer (React)
About MOV.AI
MOV.AI is a robotics software company developing an autonomy platform for the next generation of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), operating in large-scale industrial and logistics environments. The platform enables fleets of robots to navigate, localize and operate reliably in complex real-world environments, ranging from international airports to large warehouse operations.
Role Summary
MOV.AI is looking for a Senior UI / Frontend Engineer responsible for developing modern, high-quality frontends for its robotics software platform.
The engineer will work closely with the UI / Frontend Architect to transform architectural concepts into production-ready React applications.
The role combines:
- React & TypeScript Development
- Frontend Engineering
- Scalable UI Architectures
- Modern Frontend Development Practices
- Automated Quality Assurance
- Secure Frontend Development
- Collaboration with Product, Backend, DevOps, QA and Robotics teams
- User Experience for complex AMR and intralogistics workflows
This is not a UI Designer or Frontend Architect role. The focus is on implementing architecture efficiently and delivering high-quality production code.
Candidate Profile
1. Strong Frontend Engineer
The ideal candidate should:
- Be an expert in React and TypeScript.
- Build production-grade applications rather than simple dashboards or websites.
- Work comfortably in large codebases.
- Understand component-based development.
- Understand state management.
- Integrate APIs efficiently.
- Optimise browser rendering and frontend performance.
- Deliver high-quality features quickly while avoiding technical debt.
Candidates focused only on UI design, landing pages or CRUD applications are not a good fit.
2. Frontend Implementation Expert
The engineer should be able to:
- Work within an existing frontend architecture.
- Transform architectural concepts into reusable React components.
- Build complex workflows and data-driven interfaces.
- Handle asynchronous data.
- Manage permissions.
- Handle loading states and error states.
- Build maintainable interaction patterns.
The expectation is to convert architectural concepts into working software with speed and quality.
3. Quality-Focused Engineer
The candidate should naturally incorporate software quality throughout development.
Expected knowledge includes:
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- End-to-End Testing
- Code Reviews
- Static Analysis
- Dependency Management
- CI/CD
- Secure Frontend Development
The goal is to consistently deliver secure, reliable and maintainable software.
4. Hands-on Developer
The role is highly technical and coding-focused.
The engineer is expected to:
- Write code daily.
- Develop complete features independently.
- Debug browser, frontend and API integration issues.
- Mentor junior developers through code reviews.
- Prefer implementation over coordination.
Approximately 80% of the role consists of hands-on software development.
Candidates interested in moving into architecture, management or product roles are not suitable.
Required Skills
Frontend Technologies
Strong experience with:
- React
- TypeScript
- Modern JavaScript
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Responsive Design
- Adaptive UI Development
- Component-Driven Development
- REST APIs
- Asynchronous Data Handling
- Frontend State Management
- Data Synchronisation
Experience building:
- Dashboards
- KPI Visualisations
- Analytics Views
- Operational Monitoring Interfaces
Ability to transform complex datasets into intuitive user experiences.
Software Engineering
Knowledge of:
- Clean Code
- Maintainability
- Refactoring
- Automated Testing
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- End-to-End Testing
- Code Reviews
- Performance Optimisation
- Secure Coding
- Error Handling
- Observability
Modern Development Environment
Experience with:
- Git
- Pull Requests
- CI/CD
- Modern Build Tools
- Package Managers
- Docker
- Containerised Development
- Agile Product Teams
Nice-to-Have Skills
Previous experience with:
Robotics & Industrial Software
- Robotics
- Industrial Software
- Logistics
- Warehouse Automation
- Manufacturing
- IoT Platforms
Frontend Architecture
- Design Systems
- Component Libraries
- Storybook
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- Figma Collaboration
React Ecosystem
- React Query
- Redux Toolkit
- Zustand
- TanStack
Testing
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Jest
- Vitest
- Testing Library
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Cloud-Native Applications
- Kubernetes
Data Visualisation
- D3.js
- Recharts
- Nivo
- ECharts
- Highcharts
- AG Grid Enterprise
Experience building:
- Executive Dashboards
- BI Applications
- Telemetry Dashboards
- Fleet Monitoring Dashboards
- IoT Dashboards
- Real-Time Dashboards
- Streaming Data Interfaces
- Interactive KPI Reporting
- Large Data Tables
- Drill-down Analysis
- Filtering & Aggregation
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
- Develop modern React applications following the Frontend Architect's guidelines.
- Build complex workflows for fleet management, deployment, monitoring and intralogistics.
- Develop reusable UI components.
- Contribute to the Design System.
- Improve software quality through testing, code reviews and refactoring.
- Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs.
- Optimise frontend performance and usability.
- Mentor junior developers.
- Deliver product improvements quickly and reliably.
Core Candidate DNA
The engineer should:
- Build more than simple screens and forms.
- Understand how operational users consume data.
- Transform large datasets into intuitive dashboards.
- Understand information hierarchy.
- Design data-dense interfaces.
- Build filtering, aggregation and drill-down experiences.
- Balance usability, performance and information density.
Deal Breakers
Candidates will not be considered if they:
- Have no significant React production experience.
- Have no strong TypeScript experience.
- Have no experience building large production applications.
- Have no understanding of testing, code reviews and software quality.
- Cannot work within an existing frontend architecture.
- Have only a UI Designer profile.
- Have become Frontend Architects who no longer code.
- Have moved into management.
- Are too slow or excessively perfectionist to deliver product increments consistently.
Reporting Line
The role reports to the Frontend/UI Team Lead and works closely with:
- Frontend Architect
- Product Management
- Backend
- Robotics
- QA
- DevOps
Compensation
- Gross annual salary: €45,000 to €60,000
- Paid over: 14 monthly salaries.
- Exceptional candidates with strong React and enterprise application development experience may receive compensation above this range.
