Company Description
Noeon Research is an ambitious deep-tech startup working on a novel natively agentic graph-neuro-symbolic system with general capabilities. We are an international 30-people team with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. We are looking for an aspiring professional to join our RnD team.
Responsibilities and ExpectationsDesign, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and performant user interfaces using Vue.js.
Translate user workflows and product requirements into intuitive, accessible UI - with a strong sense for visual design and UX.Collaborate closely with backend engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver intuitive and responsive user experiences.
Build reusable UI components and improve frontend best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.
Contribute to full-stack development efforts involving Rust and Python services where appropriate.
Optimize application performance, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility.
Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and mentoring of junior engineers.
Take ownership of features from concept through production deployment and ongoing maintenance.
Work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative, and international engineering environment. Experience5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on frontend development.
Proven experience building modern web applications in frameworks such as using Vue.js.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in agile development environments.
Familiarity with backend systems and APIs, ideally with exposure to Rust and/or Python.
Experience shipping production-grade applications with strong attention to usability, maintainability and performance.
Experience working with CI/CD Pipelines and containerized development environments.
Educational BackgroundDegrees in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
Essential Soft
Skills
- Proactive mindset to stay updated with the latest advancements in AI.Fluent in conversational and written business English (C1+).
- Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
- We are looking for team players.
- Experience working using Agile framework.
- Personal Qualities
- Individual responsibility.
- You respect key deadlines and pass on the results of your work to your teammates in an appropriate condition.
- Lifelong learning.
- You recognize areas for growth and proactively learn new skills and knowledge for your current and prospective areas of responsibility.
- Vision & planning.
- You can plan your work several weeks ahead and can juggle multiple projects at once.
- You know when to postpone a task to keep your workload manageable.
- Thoroughness.
- You cover every important aspect of your task leaving out no crucial detail.
- Proactiveness and initiative.
- You offer help if you have spare capacity.
- You take initiative and pitch your own projects to others.
- Critical thinking.
- You question every judgement, claim or number and can engage in a healthy debate with your teammates.
- Dynamic, out-of-the-box mindset.
- You can challenge existing ways, abandon well-trodden paths and embrace the new in the name of the great.
- How we are different
- Beyond ML. People tend to think that AI is solely Machine Learning, like ChatGPT (or DALL-E 2, or Microsoft Bing, or Chat
- Sonic). We are building our solution on an alternative architecture which incorporates ML as a part.
- Going beyond.
- We put much effort into profound research and development of new underlying technologies rather than reusing existing ones.
- We like to explore unfairly neglected and non-conventional approaches to AI.Safety and Alignment.
- We want to be responsible in our research and development.
- We don't turn our noses up at safety research and take the issue of alignment seriously.
- What we are offering
- Our target salary range is 14-17M JPY per year for a full-time position and equity compensation (options).
- Flexible Schedule.
- Outside scheduled team meetings, teammates are free to work on their tasks independently.
- When to work is a personal choice.
- Just do not overwork – that is inefficient.
- Autonomy.
- High autonomy is crucial for us – the small and agile team can achieve a breakthrough if its members are professional and independent.
- However, we promote helping each other.
- That is crucial too.
- Low Bureaucracy.
- What we value most are performance and results, not a strict process following.
- However, metrics, processes, and documentation are important too.
- We just keep their priorities low.
- In addition:
- Stock options.
- Paid Holiday - up to 25 days per year.
- Holidays
- Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and Year-end and New Year holidays.
- Japanese Social Security
- Maternity leave, childcare leave
- Visa Sponsorship
- Monthly Commute expense
- Support for English and Japanese language training.
- Compensation of additional medical costs.
- Yearly health checkup.
- Contact us: hiring@noeon.ai
