Senior Software Engineer, Front-End

About Dotmatics

Dotmatics, a Siemens company, integrates science, data, and decision-making to foster innovation. Our extensive portfolio of software solutions supports over 2 million scientists worldwide across various scientific domains. We envision creating the Lab of the Future to transform scientific research with a unified digital science platform featuring applications such as Luma, Geneious, SnapGene, and more.

Our global team of over 800 professionals supports customers in more than 180 countries, driving scientific innovation to improve health, environment, and safety. We promote a collaborative, remote-friendly working environment where your contributions accelerate scientific discovery.

Role Overview

We are searching for a Senior Front-End Engineer to join the Geneious team. You will lead the architecture and development of a complex, data-centric web application used worldwide by researchers and scientists. The role requires deep expertise in TypeScript and Angular to create scalable, high-performance, and user-friendly interfaces for sophisticated scientific workflows. This is a hybrid role based in Auckland, expecting 1-3 days presence in the office weekly.

Key Responsibilities

• Innovate and maintain the Angular front-end architecture, defining reusable component libraries and engineering guidelines to keep the product scalable and maintainable.
• Take comprehensive ownership of the user interface, including design, development, testing, deployment, and security within a DevSecOps framework.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams and clients to gather requirements, influence design choices, and iterate on solutions.
• Lead testing strategies, documentation practices, and mentoring of peers as a senior member of the cross-functional development team.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in designing production-quality web applications with significant exposure to front-end architecture.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Expert knowledge of TypeScript and Angular, including component-based architecture, reactive programming with RxJS, and effective state management.
• Proven experience designing scalable component libraries and shared front-end systems utilized across multiple teams.
• Strong skills in front-end performance tuning, ensuring accessibility, and ensuring cross-browser compatibility while making sound architectural decisions.
• Expertise with modern front-end development tooling, such as build systems, testing frameworks, continuous integration/deployment pipelines, and security best practices.

Desirable Skills

• Experience using AI-powered coding assistants to enhance development workflows.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools, custom charting techniques, or canvas-based HTML5 rendering.
• Background working with scientific, bioinformatics, or data-heavy web applications.
• Knowledge of cloud front-end deployments and CDN strategies, especially on AWS.

Additional Information

Knowledge of biology is not necessary as scientific experts are available to assist the team. Dotmatics is committed to equal opportunities and fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.