Frontend Engineer (React)

Frontend Engineer (React)

£60,000–£70,000 + Equity (Current Indicative Value £100,000+)

Remote (UK/EU) | Permanent or Full-Time Outside IR35 Contract

Tech Stack: React, TypeScript, React Native, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AWS, GitHub Actions, Claude AI & Cursor.

Neulinx has partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing AI startups that's changing the way people choose what to eat.

Already trusted by 360,000+ users , the platform is currently outranking Deliveroo and Uber Eats on the UK App Store and has partnerships with every major UK supermarket.

Following a successful £1.2 million pre-seed funding round , the business is entering an exciting new phase of growth. Their long-term ambition is to become the world's leading platform for food discovery and decision-making—helping millions of people answer one simple question: What should I eat?

With just five people in the company today, including a hands-on Founder/CTO, you'll become the third engineering hire , giving you genuine ownership and the opportunity to influence both the product and technical direction from day one.

The Opportunity

This is a frontend-first engineering role (around 70%) where you'll lead the development of a brand-new React web application, scheduled to launch within the next three months.

As a Frontend Engineer you'll continue building new features, refining the user experience and helping scale a product that's already making an impact with hundreds of thousands of users.

You'll work directly alongside the Founder/CTO on technical decisions and product direction, while also having the opportunity to contribute to backend development and broaden your full stack experience over time.

If you're someone who enjoys ownership, autonomy and building products from the ground up, you'll feel right at home.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build a brand-new React web application from the ground up.
• Develop polished, responsive user experiences.
• Ship features from idea through to production.
• Work closely with the Founder/CTO on architecture and technical decisions.
• Take ownership of key areas of the product.
• Maintain and enhance existing applications.
• Contribute to backend development where appropriate.
• Help shape the future of both the product and engineering team.

About You

You'll probably have:

• 4+ years' commercial software engineering experience.
• Strong React and TypeScript experience.
• Experience building production web applications.
• A passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
• A proactive, self-sufficient approach.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.

Bonus Points

• Backend experience with Node.js, Python or Ruby on Rails .
• Experience with AI products, LLMs or AI-powered applications.
• React Native experience.
• AWS experience.
• Previous startup or scale-up experience.
• Built your own product, startup or side project.

What's On Offer?

• Equity package with a current indicative value of £100,000+
• Fully remote working across the UK.
• Quarterly team meet-ups and socials in London.
• 30 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays.
• Permanent or full-time Outside IR35 contract considered.
• The opportunity to join as the third engineer and help build a product with global ambitions.

We're also open to speaking with experienced engineers who would prefer to work on a full-time Outside IR35 contract basis.

This is an opportunity to join a genuinely exciting AI startup at a pivotal stage of growth.

As a Frontend Engineer , you'll be building products used by hundreds of thousands of people today, while helping shape a platform with ambitions to become the global destination for food discovery and decision-making.

If you enjoy moving quickly, taking ownership and seeing the direct impact of your work, we'd love to hear from you.