Full-Stack TypeScript Engineer
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Full Time
Mid-level (3 to 4 years)
£50,000 – £100,000Compensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Retail, FMCG, TechnologyIndustries
Requirements
- Desire and ability to build great software products
- Ability to perform well in a semi/unstructured working environment
- Ability to talk directly to the people using the software and empathise with their issues to prioritise work
- Focus on quality: work needs to stay done
- Appreciation for UX/UI and ability to fill in gaps where necessary (designs for features won’t always be immediately available)
- Ability to provide and receive clear and honest communication
- Broad sense of responsibility and accountability (nothing is someone else’s job)
- Proficiency in Full Stack TypeScript development (Front End: TypeScript, React, Styled Components)
Responsibilities
- Make significant changes to the codebase, learn processes, and contribute to product impact within the first 30 days
- Become familiar with engineering tools and practices, and understand impact on customer issues
- Participate in team collaboration, join user interviews with design and product teams, pair with teammates, and suggest ideas to enhance engineering practices (by 60 days)
- Contribute effectively to main initiatives, deliver multiple customer/user-facing projects, provide feedback, engage in architectural and product discussions, recommend talent for hiring, and show readiness to mentor new engineers (by 90 days)
- Participate in hiring process, advocate for code readability, reliability, and maintainability, and contribute to broader technical initiatives like Security and other product features (by 6 months)
- Become a cultural leader, intensify shared values, aid colleagues in enhancing skills, lead high-impact projects from start to finish, and engage in mutual mentoring (by 1 year)
- Build and ship an enterprise web app backed by large, proprietary datasets
Skills
Key technologies and capabilities for this role
Questions & Answers
Common questions about this position
What is the salary range for this Full Stack Typescript Engineer role?
The salary range is £50K - £100K.
Is this position fully remote or does it require office time?
The position is hybrid, with a great office environment just off of Old Street available when you spend time there, but it offers a flexible working environment as long as results are delivered.
What skills are required for this Full Stack Typescript Engineer position?
The role requires full stack engineering skills with a focus on Typescript, as it's for building an enterprise web app backed by large proprietary datasets.
What is the company culture like at VAST?
VAST has a startup culture that's unstructured but built on meritocracy and collaboration, with a smart, caring, and hard-working team that values diversity, autonomy, minimal bureaucracy, transparent communication, and results-driven growth.
What makes a strong candidate for this role at VAST?
Strong candidates demonstrate quick impact by making codebase changes in the first 30 days, become key collaborators by 60 days, deliver customer-facing projects by 90 days, contribute to hiring and broader initiatives by 6 months, and lead high-impact projects while mentoring others by 1 year.
VAST
Develops artificial gravity space stations
About VAST
Vast Space develops artificial gravity space stations designed to support human life beyond Earth. Their technology uses large spinning structures to create centrifugal force, simulating Earth's gravity, which is essential for human health during long-term space missions. The company primarily serves clients in the aerospace sector, including government space agencies and private exploration companies, focusing on sustainable habitats for missions to the Moon and Mars. Unlike competitors, Vast Space addresses the critical issue of weightlessness, which can harm astronauts over time, by providing customizable modules for various scientific and industrial applications. The goal of Vast Space is to expand humanity's presence in the solar system while ensuring sustainable growth and protecting Earth's ecosystem.
Long Beach, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
VENTURE_UNKNOWNCompany Stage
Industrial & Manufacturing, AerospaceIndustries
501-1,000Employees