Frontend Engineer

📋 Description

• • Join DeepJudge, Switzerland’s premier AI and ICT scale-up, at the forefront of transforming the legal industry. Founded by former Google search engineers with advanced AI degrees from ETH Zurich and backed by prominent Silicon Valley investors, we are developing the critical intelligence layer that empowers legal professionals. Our mission is to make decades of institutional knowledge, work product, and precedent instantly accessible and actionable, moving beyond traditional document retrieval to intelligent search and AI-driven insights.
• • As a Frontend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in crafting the user interface and experience of our sophisticated product. This is an opportunity to build features that are not only technically robust but also intuitively designed, ensuring that legal professionals, who operate under high pressure and deal with critical information, can easily navigate, understand, and leverage our platform's capabilities. Your work will directly contribute to reducing cognitive load and enhancing user efficiency.
• • You will collaborate intimately with our product team, translating ambitious visions into tangible, user-friendly features. This role demands more than just coding; we seek engineers who can contribute strategically to feature design, considering the 'why' and 'how' from a user-centric perspective, not just the technical implementation. A keen eye for detail, from architectural integrity to the nuances of animations and micro-interactions, is essential for creating a polished and effective user experience.
• • This position offers significant autonomy in frontend architecture decisions, providing a unique chance to shape our product's development as we scale. You will be hands-on, writing and deploying production code daily, while also having a substantial voice in product strategy, architectural choices, and the ongoing refinement of our design system. We encourage a blend of humility and conviction, valuing engineers who can champion their ideas while remaining receptive to feedback and diverse viewpoints.
• • Your core responsibilities will encompass the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, high-performance frontend code within a production environment. This includes upholding rigorous standards for code quality, promoting reusability, and ensuring long-term maintainability. You will be a key contributor to the frontend architecture, ensuring it is robust and capable of scaling with our growing user base and feature set.
• • You will actively participate in code reviews, fostering a culture of shared learning and maintaining a high bar for code quality and maintainability across the team. Engagement in agile development processes will be standard, ensuring efficient and iterative progress. Close collaboration with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers is paramount to effectively create, design, and implement product visions.
• • Staying abreast of the latest industry trends and technologies is crucial for continuous improvement and innovation. A primary focus will be on ensuring UI decisions prioritize usability, accessibility, and the reduction of cognitive load for our end-users, who rely on our platform for critical legal work.
• • You will contribute to the ongoing evolution and enhancement of our comprehensive design system, ensuring consistency and efficiency in development. Writing thorough tests and actively monitoring frontend performance are essential to guarantee a reliable and fast user experience. Furthermore, you are expected to proactively identify areas for improvement within the product and contribute innovative ideas that extend beyond your immediate task scope, demonstrating a holistic approach to product development.
• • This role is ideal for someone who views frontend development as a critical component of product value, focusing on optimizing user experience and functionality rather than merely aesthetics. You will thrive in an environment that encourages close collaboration with design and product teams, contributing to a shared vision and actively owning significant frontend decisions. If you are passionate about building intuitive, powerful tools that make a real impact in a high-stakes industry, this is an exceptional opportunity to grow your career and shape the future of legal technology.