Full-Stack Engineer (Frontend)

About algo1

At algo1, we are reinventing one of the world’s most familiar experiences: the in-store grocery trip. We are building an AI-native product that understands each shopper, responds to their context in real time and makes an everyday experience less stressful, more personal and more engaging.

We’re backed by leading investors and founded by two entrepreneurs: one with a track record of building and scaling companies, and the other a leader in retail data and shopper analytics. Together, they have brought together frontier AI researchers and engineers, product and strategy leaders, and senior operators from major UK and US grocery businesses.

The people who join now will have an opportunity to shape the product, the engineering culture, and what algo1 becomes.

The Role

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer with Frontend specialism to work closely with product, design, mobile, and machine learning team members to design & build experiences that re-define how brands and retailers serve their shoppers. You'll help help build engaging & intuitive web experiences using highly responsive UI components and real-time data flows.

You will work closely with our Head of B2B Product, James, turning ambitious and sometimes ambiguous product ideas into software that retailers and consumer brands rely on to create, launch, and measure campaigns.

We are looking for people of varying experience levels who are willing to take the lead on delivering features end-to-end. You will have already embraced agentic coding and how it can be used to enhance individual and team productivity.

What You Will Own

• Design and implement reactive, real-time web interfaces that help brands and retailers manage and analyse the in-store experience delivered by our product
• Translate user and business needs into a functional web application that delivers complex, intelligent capabilities through an elegantly simple interface designed for non-technical audiences
• Contribute to API and broader system design & documentation as part of end-to-end delivery of features

Essential Qualifications

• Strong understanding of UX principles and web design fundamentals
• Expert in Typescript and React
• Experience with real-time and bi-directional communication protocols and patterns (eg. WebSockets, SSE)
• Built and deployed services on any major cloud providers' services (Azure, GCP, AWS)
• AI-Native development: Fast iteration & prototyping using AI tools such as Copilot, Claude or Cursor

Nice to Have

• Experience in backend development and event-driven architecture
• Our stack includes python, FastAPI, postgres, Kafka and MQTT
• Worked with IoT or Edge-oriented architectures
• Experience or knowledge in retail POS, inventory, or loyalty systems

If you’re excited by the idea of shaping the future of retail and eager to make a real impact from day one, we’d love to hear from you.