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Speechmatics · Engineering · Senior · Posted 2026-09-25

Senior Software Engineer – Front-End

Speechmatics · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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At Speechmatics, we’re expanding our user platform offering. We're looking for a Senior Front-End Software Engineer with a strong product mindset to help drive that growth. This is an opportunity to own end-to-end feature development at a leading-edge AI company, from shaping the user experience through to shipping and iterating based on real user feedback and analytics data.

What you'll do

Own product features from ideation through to delivery, contributing to UX thinking, frontend execution, and post-launch iteration

Build polished, accessible user interfaces using React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Make UX and UI decisions independently, collaborating closely with designers and PMs rather than waiting on detailed handoffs

Design and run A/B tests to validate product decisions and surface insights that improve the user experience

Use analytics tooling such as Mixpanel to understand how people interact with the product and feed that learning back into what gets built

Partner with backend engineers, product managers, and designers to ship features that genuinely move the needle for users and the business

Write and maintain robust UI tests, taking ownership of quality in production and at scale

Run user interviews and meet customers to understand how people use the product and what drives adoption

What you'll need

Proficiency in React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with a track record of shipping production-quality frontend code

A product-minded engineering approach

Comfort owning UX and UI decisions independently

Hands-on experience with iterative development practices, including A/B testing and feature experimentation

Familiarity with user analytics tools such as Mixpanel or a comparable platform

Experience with UI testing frameworks and a solid grounding in frontend engineering best practices

Confidence collaborating cross-functionally with designers, PMs, and backend engineers

A track record of using user feedback and data to improve features

Nice to have

Experience using coding agents (eg Claude, Codex, OpenCode) to improve productivity and code quality

Exposure to backend development, including RESTful APIs and cloud deployments

Experience conducting or participating in user interviews as part of a product discovery process

We encourage you to apply even if you do not feel you match all of the requirements exactly. The list of requirements is intended to show the kinds of experience and qualities we’re looking for, but it is not exhaustive. If you are interested in the role, the team, and our mission, we would love to consider your application. We are always open to conversations and look forward to hearing from you.

Who we are:

Speechmatics is the leading expert in Speech Intelligence, and uses AI and Machine Learning to unlock business value in human speech worldwide. We work with an amazing mix of global companies, and our technology can integrate into our customers stack irrespective of their industry or use case – making it the go-to solution to harness useful information from speech.

Joining us means working with some of the smartest minds around the world, focused on cutting-edge projects and deploying the latest techniques to disrupt the market. We believe in putting people first; we’ll do all we can to help you develop your skills and give you the tools you need to thrive. Our Focus Fridays give you an undisturbed day of focus, offset with Together Tuesdays when we have our team meetings, so you've always got the right balance.

We have structured a hybrid approach that includes 2-3 designated office days each week. This arrangement ensures that while we embrace the advantages of remote work, we also maintain the vital connection and synergy that only in-person interactions can foster.

This is only the beginning; we’re looking for amazing people like you to continue our journey…

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