Front End Engineer

Front End Engineer

Habitat Energy is a fast growing technology company focussed on the physical and financial optimisation of energy storage and renewable generation assets globally through complex models and trading. By maximising the returns from these assets we aim to drive investment in renewable energy and accelerate the transition to a low carbon world. Our rapidly growing team of 120+ people in Austin, TX, Oxford, UK, and Melbourne, Australia brings together exceptionally talented and passionate people in the domains of energy trading, data science, software engineering and renewable energy management.

We have a vacancy for a UI/UX Software Engineer to join our Software team based in Austin, Texas. This role will focus on the sizeable and growing needs of front-end enhancements and expansion to our US trading platform, to improve the trader experience and support new markets, new revenue lines, and an expanded portfolio.

Your responsibilities will include:

Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

• Ensure that all web applications and interfaces are designed, built, released, and maintained in line with the SDLC process.

Applications

• Develop asset dispatch and monitoring applications within the requirements of the market team and the product priorities.
• Enhance existing systems with new functionality for continued growth of our customer base and offerings.

Tool Selection and Architectural Standards

• Contribute to selecting tools and defining architectural standards that align with the company’s goals and technology strategy.
• Develop clean, maintainable, and well‑documented code, and contribute to the adoption of tools and frameworks that align with architectural standards and company‑wide best practices.
• Participate in the selection of tools that support performant web applications, user interfaces, and reporting/visualization.

CI/CD Pipeline

• Ensure continuous integration and continuous deployment processes are followed for the smooth operation and updating of applications.

Preferred skills and experience:

• 3+ years of front‑end development experience, preferably with Vue
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• 3+ years of working alongside a backend API team and internal users to collaborate on design and implementation for a UI/UX application.
• Experience building production UIs with Vuetify or similar Material Design libraries, including layouts, theming, and reusable components.
• Experience managing complex frontend state, including async data flows, cross‑component state, and consistency between UI and backend data.
• Experience creating or enhancing web design in consultation with users to add new features and/or improve the user experience.
• Experience collaborating to develop a design from wireframe to execution.
• BA/BSc degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
• Proficiency with basic modern CI/CD and IoC tooling (Kubernetes, Terraform, Git Hub Workflows or equivalent), Code management (Git), Containerization (docker)
• Fluent in Vue, Type Script, and the relevant tooling ecosystem (Vuetify, High Charts, etc)
• Solid JavaScript and Type Script fundamentals (ES6+)
• Ability to conceptualize and build designs based on user input/requirements/workflows
• Ability to contribute to the definition and evolution of frontend best practices including component design, state management, and code organization

‘Nice to have’ skills and experience:

• Experience working in Python with API development.
• Experience working with financial trading teams, particularly in an energy market.
• Experience building from a design spec (via Figma or similar)
• Experience working with cross‑regional teams, collaborating across disparate time zones
• Knowledge of a US ISO power market (especially ERCOT)
• Experience with data visualization and dashboarding technologies (e.g. plot.ly, Dash, Streamlit)
• Understanding of API design and data structures
• Frontend testing experience(Vitest/Jest/Playwright/Cypress

Ultimately we are looking for someone who is a great fit for our company so we encourage you to apply even if you may not meet every requirement in this posting. We value diversity and our environment is supportive, challenging and focused on the consistent delivery of high quality, meaningful work.

In return, we’ll give you a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements and a lot of personal development opportunities. We operate a hybrid working model with at least 2 days in our offices in Austin, Texas.

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