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Role Overview
Rayyan is an AI SaaS startup developing a research collaboration platform with an AI-assisted workflow that helps accelerate searching, extracting, and synthesizing relevant information from research studies to inform evidence-based decision making, including evidence-based medicine.
As a Frontend Software Engineer at Rayyan Systems Inc., you will design, develop, and implement new and next-generation features with a focus on frontend technologies. You'll ship end-to-end product experiences from onboarding and core workflows to complex data interactions and AI-powered features. Working within a collaborative environment, you'll partner with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to transform user needs into elegant, functional software.
This is a growth role where you'll expand your skills in SaaS product development, AI-first interfaces, and complex frontend architecture while contributing meaningfully from day one.
What We're Looking For
You're excited about building products that solve real problems in research and evidence-based decision making. You understand that great frontend engineering is about creating experiences that are fast, usable, and delightful. You're hungry to learn, especially about AI-powered interfaces and modern SaaS architecture. You're comfortable with ambiguity and eager to grow your skills while making an immediate impact.
Key Responsibilities
Product & Feature Development
- Design, develop, and implement new and next-generation frontend features for our research collaboration platform
- Build and maintain user interfaces for web-based SaaS applications, including onboarding flows, core features, settings, and admin interfaces
- Implement responsive, accessible UI from designs and prototypes, solving complex problems with simple, maintainable solutions
- Contribute to and maintain shared component libraries and design-system implementations that ensure consistency across the product
- Develop data-driven interfaces including dashboards, tables, filters, and visualizations
AI-First Experience Engineering
- Implement user experiences for AI-powered features, making sophisticated capabilities feel natural and accessible
- Build intuitive interfaces for AI interactions, automated workflows, and intelligent recommendations
- Balance automation with user control, ensuring transparency and clear feedback in AI-driven flows
Collaboration & Growth
- Partner with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to define features and align on technical approach
- Participate in code reviews, design critiques, and sprint planning within an Agile process
- Write clean, tested code and help improve frontend quality, performance, and developer experience
- Stay current with frontend best practices, SaaS UI patterns, and AI interface trends
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Experience
- 2+ years of demonstrated frontend engineering experience for web applications
- Strong portfolio or GitHub profile demonstrating your engineering process and problem-solving approach
- Experience with consumer or SaaS products
Skills
- Proficient understanding of HTML/CSS and ES6+
- Proficient with responsive design and browser compatibility practices
- Proficient understanding of ReactJS and its fundamentals (JSX, Virtual DOM, component lifecycle, etc.)
- Experience with a JavaScript state management library (e.g. Redux or similar)
- Good understanding of asynchronous request handling and RESTful services/APIs consumption
- Familiarity with a JavaScript testing framework
- Experience with web performance optimization
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
- Understanding and experience with the Agile process
- Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate technical decisions
- Self-directed and comfortable managing multiple projects
Mindset
- Eager to learn and grow in SaaS and AI-first product development
- User-centered approach balanced with business pragmatism
- Collaborative team player who thrives in cross-functional environments
- Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced startup environments
Nice to Have
- Experience building AI/ML-powered product features
- Familiarity with SaaS or enterprise applications, especially research or healthcare-adjacent domains
- Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive UI implementation
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience with design tools (e.g. Figma) and close designer collaboration
- Experience with monorepos, Nx, and CQRS architecture
- Experience with E2E testing or analytics-informed product decisions
Location
Job: Remote
Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Timezone: EMEA timezones required for team collaboration
Benefits
Rayyan is an equal opportunity employer.
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