Frontend Engineer

About Cypris:

At Cypris, we're building the single ecosystem for global innovation data. Cypris is an AI-powered research tool that centralizes data sources like scientific papers, global patents, market news, and company data into one platform. Cypris arms users with access to unique insights from 500M+ global data points, answering key questions about their market, competitors, core technologies & more to support new product development, commercial strategy & accelerate global innovation.

We're connecting R&D teams to the global innovation landscape like the Bloomberg Terminal did for the finance world & Pitchbook for venture capital. Current users include leading R&D & innovation teams at mid-size to Fortune 100 companies operating in emerging markets like aerospace, genomics, cancer research, autonomous vehicles, and more.

About the Role:

We're currently looking for a frontend engineer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you'll take ownership of building and optimizing high-performance, scalable, user interfaces using Typescript & Angular. You'll work closely with our backend engineers to ensure seamless data flow and API interactions, helping to create a smooth and intuitive experience for our users. As we continue to scale, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our frontend architecture, improving performance, refining our development processes, and contributing across the entire stack. This is an opportunity to make an impact in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, working on cutting-edge solutions that support leading R&D organizations.

In this role, you will:

• Build and optimize high-performance, scalable UIs in Typescript & Angular.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-structured Angular code that's easy to maintain.
• Debug, profile, and improve UI performance and network efficiency.
• Integrate with REST APIs and optimize frontend/ backend interactions.
• Work closely with backend engineers to ensure seamless data flow.
• Take ownership of front-end decisions and help shape our overall architecture.

Requirements

A Key Candidate Will Have:

• 4+ years of frontend development experience, with a strong focus on Angular.
• Experience building and maintaining large-scale Angular web applications preferred.
• A deep understanding of UI performance, network efficiency, and frontend architecture.
• Experience working with REST APIs and optimizing frontend API calls.
• The ability to move fast, own projects, and make an impact with little oversight.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills - you know how to explain technical things in a way that makes sense to a non-technical user.

Technologies We use:

• Angular
• MongoDB
• Elasticsearch
• Java Spring Boot
• Python
• GCP

Benefits

Through this role, you will get:

• A strong base salary & highly incentivized option structure
• To be part of a high-growth startup - plenty of room for you to directly impact the company and grow your career
• Unlimited paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• To have your voice & opinion heard
• Proper training to be armed with the right knowledge to find success in our market

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How do I get in touch?

You can submit an application & we'll be in touch! If your resume and background appear like a good match, we will reach out for an initial phone screen.

Where is Cypris located?

Cypris has offices in New York and Los Angeles.

What are Cypris' future hiring plans?

We're constantly looking for the best talent in all facets of engineering, sales, customer success, marketing etc. We will regularly post new job opportunities on this page, AngelList or LinkedIn. Right now our immediate focus is on Sales, Marketing & Engineering.

How does Cypris make money?

We sell annual access to our dashboard to R&D, innovation & IP teams looking to get in touch with the innovation landscape. We also build custom reports for objective-oriented projects. Both can be included in one package.

What does the interview process look like?

The process depends on the role. For all positions, we like to start with a quick intro call just to make sure we're aligned.

From there, we typically do a longer (45min) call with one of our team members that can appropriately vet your skills & "speak your language" - on the engineering side, this might mean some technical questions, while on the sales side we ask you to build a quick presentation about yourself.