Front-End Engineer

About Us:

Lovelace AI was born from the desire to apply state of the art AI and systems engineering to the question of human safety, especially in dangerous conditions such as conflict, disaster response, anti-terrorism and deterrence against AIs designed by adversaries to harm civilians.

How many lives can be saved by taming the information overload, confusion and conflicting priorities experienced by the people responsible for dealing with dangerous situations around the world? We believe the answer is potentially dramatic, and we are determined to create a team with the wisdom, skills, brainpower, thoughtfulness and experience to make this vision real.

Job Summary:

• As a Front-End Engineer, you will play a crucial role in developing user experiences that help people who have become accustomed to the blessing and curse of having masses of data available but no way to understand it or find what they are looking for.

• As a Front-End Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the user interfaces of our software applications. You will collaborate closely with back-end engineers, mathematicians, designers, and product managers, to create intuitive, responsive, and secure clients that support defense, security, and emergency response operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• User Interface Design: If an AI is making plans or explaining potential threats, it needs to be understood. That’s where the Lovelace Frontend engineers come in..

• Front-End Development: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code using modern front end technologies..

• Optimization: Optimize front-end code for performance, speed, and scalability, making sure our applications perform well even in high-stress situations.

• Security: Implement security best practices to safeguard sensitive data and ensure the integrity of our systems.

• Collaboration: Work closely with back-end engineers to integrate front-end components with server-side logic and APIs.

• Testing: Conduct thorough testing and debugging of front-end applications, identifying and resolving issues promptly.

• Documentation: Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation for front-end code and contribute to system documentation as needed.

• Stay Updated: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, tools, and best practices in front-end development, and apply this knowledge to improve our applications.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• Proven experience as a Front-End Engineer, with a strong portfolio showcasing your work.

• Familiarity with JavaScript and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js) preferred.

• Proficiency in leveraging AI agents (e.g., Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) for frontend development tasks is strongly preferred.

• Knowledge of application security best practices.

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Must be a US Citizen.

Benefits:

LovelaceAI offers competitive compensation packages, comprehensive benefits. We provide a supportive and inclusive work environment where your skills and expertise can make a significant impact on the safety and security of our communities.

Lovelace’s founding team includes:

Andrew Moore, who has a track record of building impactful AI systems, designing them with human rights impact assessments as a top priority, leading the AI division of one of the world’s foremost cloud companies, and actively participating in machine learning and AI research over the past two decades.

Brendan Dunne, a career Special Operations veteran and retired Army officer who has led high performing cross functional teams the past 20 years in the country’s premier national mission force. He was most recently in charge of US Special Operations Command’s Global Analytics Platform (aka the GAP), one of DoD’s leading technology platforms.

Toby Smith, well known in the Pittsburgh Tech community for his engineering leadership and design skills, and who has led many of the most ambitious and complex system infrastructure projects in Google Pittsburgh and NetApp.

Here is a note from Andrew Moore to people who are reading these Job Postings:

“Hi folks, I’m so glad you are potentially interested in Lovelace AI. This area means a lot to me because while I am an AI optimist, I also think that we technologists owe it to a rightly skeptical world to show that modern intelligent systems can actually be useful. Usefulness comes in many guises: from life sciences to education and from transportation to entertainment and many others. For many of us, security and public safety is also very high on that list. That reasoning leads to this conclusion: I’m determined to make sure that the people building Lovelace AI gain a lot from the experience, including the chance to solve fascinating problems in computer science, AI, business development, customer success and product management. I also hope that we all learn from each other in a highly enriching work environment. But my main hope is that we have a shared sense of accomplishment as we see an increasing number of national security and public safety domains made safer through sensible and robust use of advanced computer science."