Robots & Pencils is seeking a Senior Frontend Developer (Level 3) to join our engineering team and build high-impact, user-facing applications that leverage the latest AI and web technologies.
This role is hands-on and outcome-oriented, requiring close collaboration with clients and cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver modern, performant web applications. You will play a key role across the full product lifecycle, from concept to production, ensuring solutions are elegant, maintainable, and aligned with business goals.
The ideal candidate combines deep front-end development expertise with a pragmatic, customer-focused mindset and a passion for leveraging emerging AI development tools and frameworks to accelerate quality delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build modern, responsive, and accessible frontend applications using TypeScript and JavaScript frameworks such as React or Next.js
- Collaborate closely with backend and AI engineers to define interfaces, data flows, and integration patterns
- Partner with designers to translate UX/UI specifications into interactive, production-ready components
- Develop clean, maintainable, and testable code with attention to scalability and performance
- Utilize modern developer tools and workflows, including GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, and other AI-assisted coding tools
- Embed within cross-functional teams to deliver solutions from ideation to deployment and ongoing optimization
- Participate in client workshops and technical discussions to shape solutions and guide best practices
- Contribute to architectural and technical design decisions, ensuring consistency and alignment with broader system goals
- Collaborate on deployment strategies, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and monitoring
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to team-wide technical excellence and process improvement
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 5 or more years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on frontend web applications
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and related modern web frameworks
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Understanding of API integration patterns, authentication, and REST/GraphQL data handling
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or OpenAI Codex
- Familiarity with modern development environments such as VS Code, Cursor, or Zed
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, operate independently, and deliver high-quality outcomes in dynamic environments
- Collaborative approach with a focus on helping clients and team members succeed
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building applications that integrate with large language models or AI APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock)
- Familiarity with AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or Hugging Face
- Understanding of natural language understanding (NLU) or chatbot architectures
- Experience developing evaluation frameworks or infrastructure for AI/ML systems
- Knowledge of deployment and infrastructure technologies such as Kubernetes, Terraform, or serverless environments
- Background in consulting, client delivery, or forward-deployed engineering roles
Personal Competencies
- Technical leadership – demonstrates ownership and guides decisions that improve system quality and team outcomes
- Collaboration – works effectively within cross-functional teams and client environments
- Adaptability – thrives in evolving projects and adopts new tools and technologies quickly
- Problem solving – applies creativity and sound reasoning to overcome complex challenges
- Communication – conveys ideas clearly and builds shared understanding among team members
- Accountability – delivers on commitments and takes responsibility for end-to-end outcomes
- Continuous improvement – embraces learning and experimentation to drive technical and process advancement.
Why Join Robots & Pencils?
We don’t just ship apps; we create human-centered, digital-first products that matter. As a Senior Android App Developer, you’ll join a team that values deep craft, cross-functional collaboration, and a relentless focus on quality. You’ll work on impactful projects that push the boundaries of mobile technology while influencing development culture and best practices across the organization.
