WE ARE HIRING: Front-End UI Developer – Web, AI Integration & Search

Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Work Type: Client-delivery role
Industry: Applied AI / Web Development / Digital Experience / Search Optimization

Role Overview

We are seeking a creative, technically strong, and detail-oriented Front-End UI Developer – Web, AI Integration & Search to design, build, integrate, and optimize fast, visually polished, and search-ready web experiences.

The selected candidate will own the front-end craft end to end, including UI/UX design, coded prototypes, responsive web development, AI feature integration, analytics tagging, technical SEO, Generative Engine Optimization, Answer Engine Optimization, CMS management, and performance optimization.

Key Responsibilities

Front-End Development and UI/UX Design

• Design and build fast, beautiful, and user-friendly web experiences for clients across hospitality, freight, food and beverage, and manufacturing sectors.
• Own both the design and build of web interfaces, from concept through coded prototype and production delivery.
• Create working coded prototypes in the real technology stack to support faster client sign-off and smoother production development.
• Use Figma when required to explore visual directions, document design systems, or align design decisions.
• Develop responsive, accessible, and high-performing web pages and interfaces.
• Build polished front-end experiences using React, TypeScript, Next.js, and modern CSS.
• Create and maintain scalable design systems, reusable components, and consistent UI patterns.
• Adapt web experiences to different client brands, visual identities, and design languages.
• Bring interfaces to life using thoughtful motion, micro-interactions, transitions, and animated moments.
• Use tools such as Framer Motion, GSAP, Lottie, CSS animation, or similar technologies where appropriate.
• Maintain strong standards for accessibility, responsiveness, usability, and Core Web Vitals.
• Ensure web experiences are visually refined, technically clean, and aligned with client expectations.

AI Feature and API Integration

• Integrate AI features and services into front-end experiences through clean APIs.
• Own the user experience around AI-enabled features while collaborating with engineering teams on backend functionality.
• Connect front-end surfaces to third-party services, AI tools, internal systems, and client workflows.
• Ensure integrations are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with product and client requirements.
• Work closely with technical teams to troubleshoot integration issues and improve user experience.

Analytics, Tagging and Attribution

• Instrument each website build end to end through event modelling, tag management, and tracking setup.
• Connect websites to analytics platforms such as GA4, PostHog, Mixpanel, Segment, or similar tools.
• Set up visitor-behaviour, engagement, conversion, and campaign-performance tracking.
• Build tracking structures that remain reliable through future redesigns and updates.
• Develop multi-touch lead-source attribution using disciplined UTM practices.
• Ensure clients can understand which channel, campaign, and message generated each enquiry.
• Capture website intent signals and pass them cleanly into CRM and sales pipeline systems.
• Prepare analytics views, dashboards, and reports that help clients act on user behaviour and conversion data.

SEO, GEO and AEO Optimization

• Own technical SEO foundations, including crawlability, site structure, structured data, and schema.org markup.
• Improve website discoverability, search visibility, and content clarity.
• Drive Generative Engine Optimization and Answer Engine Optimization to improve brand visibility in AI-generated answers.
• Structure website content, keywords, entities, and metadata so client brands are retrievable and citable by AI and answer engines.
• Support visibility across platforms such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and similar AI-search environments.
• Create machine-readable brand structures, entity definitions, clean canonical content, and llms.txt where required.
• Improve knowledge-graph presence and structured-data coverage.
• Monitor how client brands appear in AI search answers and recommend improvements to close visibility gaps.

Codebase, CMS and Website Ownership

• Own and maintain the front-end codebase, repositories, CMS, content, and site performance.
• Keep all work version-controlled, current, clean, and easy for the team to extend.
• Manage website updates, CMS content, landing pages, and performance improvements.
• Maintain clean, scalable, and reusable code across multiple client projects.
• Support updates and maintenance of internal and client websites.
• Prepare technical documentation, handover notes, and component guidelines when required.
• Work directly with founders, clients, and internal teams in a high-trust and fast-moving environment.
• Ensure all delivered web experiences reflect strong design taste, technical quality, evidence-based decisions, and fast execution.

Candidate Profile

• Strong front-end engineering experience using React, TypeScript, Next.js, and modern CSS.
• Strong UI/UX design sensibility with the ability to design in code.
• Ability to take a blank page from concept to polished, intentional, production-ready interface.
• Figma fluency will be an advantage.
• Strong understanding of design systems, component architecture, responsive design, and accessibility.
• Experience building fast, optimized, and responsive web experiences.
• Good understanding of Core Web Vitals, site performance, accessibility, and browser compatibility.
• Experience with web motion tools such as Framer Motion, GSAP, Lottie, or CSS animation.
• Experience with richer motion-graphic tools such as After Effects will be an advantage.
• Ability to work across multiple client brands and design languages.
• Hands-on experience with analytics and tagging tools such as GA4, PostHog, Mixpanel, Segment, or similar platforms.
• Working knowledge of event tracking, tag setup, UTM practices, lead-source attribution, and CRM handoffs.
• Strong understanding of technical SEO, structured data, schema markup, crawlability, canonical content, and website architecture.
• Strong interest or experience in Generative Engine Optimization and Answer Engine Optimization.
• Ability to structure content and entities for AI-search visibility and citation.
• Confident integrating third-party services and AI features into front-end experiences through APIs.
• Comfortable owning a codebase using version control and clean development practices.
• Experience working with CMS platforms, preferably headless CMS, will be an advantage.
• Client-facing maturity with the ability to understand briefs and deliver practical solutions.
• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and ability to ship high-quality work quickly.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with founders, engineers, and clients.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with headless CMS platforms.
• Previous experience in a multi-client, agency, consulting, or delivery-focused environment.
• Experience working in an early-stage, founder-led, or fast-moving business environment.
• Experience building websites for logistics, hospitality, food and beverage, manufacturing, or mid-market businesses.
• Experience improving website search visibility, analytics quality, conversion tracking, and CRM integration.
• Portfolio demonstrating polished web work, strong front-end skills, and good design judgment.

Success Measures

• A first client website is delivered successfully, with strong design quality, clean integration, proper tracking, and conversion readiness.
• Measurable improvement in structured-data coverage and AI-search visibility.
• Client websites and internal websites remain current, version-controlled, maintainable, and performance-focused.
• Front-end experiences meet standards for accessibility, speed, responsiveness, SEO, analytics, and user experience.
• Clients receive web experiences that are visually strong, technically reliable, and commercially useful.

Application Requirement

Please share your CV and a portfolio of your web work. Include a short note describing one website you would improve, what you would change, and how you would help it appear better in AI search.

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