Fullstack Engineer (Python/React)
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
£ 90,000 / year
Full Time
12-03-2025
Job Specifications
About Us
At Thema, we’re pioneering how the world understands companies, markets, and industries with foundational AI research at web scale.
We regularly process hundreds of TB of data and develop novel embedding methods to crack the problem of company similarity and track market evolution. Backed by the world’s best investors, the UK government, and working in partnership with Cambridge University and the world’s leading companies, we’re making breakthroughs that push the boundaries of AI.
What the Job Involves
We’re looking for a Data Analyst to join our small, high-performing team. You’ll work closely with ML researchers, engineers, and the CEO to uncover insights, features, and datasets that drive decision-making and actionable outcomes across the business.
What the Job Involves
We’re looking for a talented Fullstack Engineer to:
Build and maintain our web applications.
Collaborate with team members and clients to define, scope, and plan new features.
Innovate on user interfaces and data visualisations (using tools like D3.js or Three.js).
Contribute to architecture discussions and help shape our engineering roadmap.
Develop your skills continuously by learning new techniques, technologies, and methods.
Implement best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.
We’re a small team of exceptional engineers and researchers tackling web-scale problems no one else is approaching. If you’re ready to unlock breakthrough discoveries about companies and markets at the frontier of AI, we should work together.
Necessary Experience
Frontend: 3+ years of TypeScript development in modern web or mobile apps, including React or Next.js.
Backend & DevOps:Solid Python skills (type hints, async) and knowledge of Docker, CI, and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
APIs: Skilled at consuming REST/GraphQL services for seamless data integration.
Styling & Accessibility: Deep knowledge of CSS, semantic markup, and building accessible interfaces.
Code Quality: Proven ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code with Git version control.
Communication & Autonomy: Strong English skills and the ability to manage your own workload effectively.
Open source contributions: We value open-source contributions over academic accolades—half our team was discovered through their exceptional open-source work.
Example Projects
Feature Prototyping: Collaborate on new product features—integrating REST/GraphQL services, refining UX flows, and implementing advanced data visualisations.
Data-Driven Dashboards: Build interactive dashboards in React using D3.js or Three.js, giving users clear insights into complex data.
Relevant technologies and tools
We expect you to be familiar with some or all of the following:
Typescript
React
Tailwind.css
D3.js
Webgl (Three.js or similar)
Python
FastAPI or similar (Flask or Django)
Why join us?
Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive salary and significant equity in the company.
Flexible Working: Enjoy a hybrid model that blends remote flexibility with onsite collaboration, plus quarterly team meetups in inspiring cities—our next one is in Lisbon!
Exceptional Team and Technology: Work with a world-class team of engineers and researchers on state-of-the-art tools in search, retrieval, and AI innovation.
Growth and Impact: Shape the future of a fast-growing startup, solving hard problems in a dynamic, high-potential environment.
About the Company
Thema is an AI-native company pioneering a novel software category known as Strategic Intelligence. We provide organisations with a personalised strategic analyst that augments Strategy, Corporate Development & Investment teams. Our co-pilot system automatically maps all markets globally, reveals competitors & makes adjacent opportunities discoverable. Our system is underpinned by a proprietary embedding model and custom agents, tapping into the latest advancements in language models. Know more
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