Unbox

Unbox

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FRONT-END DEVELOPER

London | Hybrid (3 days a week in-office) | Contract

Unbox is building the toolkit to power the social commerce revolution. We’re helping merchants and creators supercharge their growth on platforms like TikTok Shop and YouTube Shopping, leveraging the power of shoppable content to drive sales with a new generation of consumers. Our solutions will help merchants and creators across the social commerce lifecycle, leveraging machine learning, automation and continuous optimisation to unlock sustainable, profitable growth in a market forecast to reach $6tn by 2030.

Founded by two former TikTok execs, we’ve taken on investment from some fantastic backers with experience spanning tech, ecommerce, media, social and AI. Since launching, we’ve established design partnerships with top tier global merchants as we build our initial solution set, and are looking for a front-end developer to join our growing team.

About the role

We’re looking for a front-end developer who thrives in early-stage, high-impact environments to help us translate our MVP into a robust, user-friendly front-end experience from the ground up. As our first front-end engineer, you’ll work closely with the co-founders and our engineering team to shape our front-end architecture from the ground up, translating AI-driven insights into compelling, intuitive customer experiences which drive repeatable value.

What you’ll be doing

  • Own the front-end development for our merchant-facing platform, making key decisions on frameworks, UI architecture, and best practices

  • Build intuitive, data-rich interfaces transforming AI-driven insights into clear, interactive user experiences that empower merchants.

  • Optimise performance, UX, and responsiveness, ensuring our front-end feels seamless, fast, and delightful to use.

  • Work closely with ML engineers to integrate AI-powered recommendations and insights into a seamless front-end experience.

  • Collaborate with designers to optimise performance and UX, ensuring that great design, responsiveness, and usability are key differentiators.

  • Ensure front-end scalability, making architectural decisions that will allow us to grow from MVP to enterprise-grade.

What we’re looking for

  • Key requirements

    • Deep front-end expertise, with experience building intuitive, high performing B2B applications from scratch, and a solid understanding of modern front-end architectures.

    • Proven ability to translate complex datasets (e.g., AI-driven insights, analytics) into clear, interactive visualisations.

    • Familiarity with integrating front-end applications with ML-driven APIs and working with real-time or batch AI-driven data pipelines..

    • Strong UX sensibility and experience working in partnership with designers—we want our user experience to be a differentiator.

    • Entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable working in an early-stage, fast-moving environment.

    • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical subjects to non-technical stakeholders,

  • Nice-to-have

    • Experience with data visualisation libraries (e.g., D3.js, Chart.js, Recharts).

    • Familiarity with GraphQL, WebSockets, or other modern front-end data fetching techniques.

    • Understanding of serverless architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, Firebase) and how they interact with front-end applications.

    • Exposure to AI/ML-driven front-end use cases in eCommerce, ad tech, or analytics-heavy applications

What we offer

  • Impact: An opportunity to have huge impact in shaping our product from an early stage

  • Autonomy: Be part of a small, agile team shaping a new product and driving the company forward

  • Growth: Plenty of opportunity for career progression & skills development in a fast-moving environment

An introduction to Unbox from Hugo & Michael