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Software Engineer (Front End)
Posted by Roy B.
Software Engineer at Wonder
“Roy B., engineering lead at Wonder, is hiring a Frontend Engineer in Boston to build robot control UIs with Vue.js and WebSockets (hybrid, 3 days/week in-office).”
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Type
Hybrid
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Experience
Mid (3+ yrs)
Posted
Today
Tech Stack
Quick Take
Frontend engineer role at Wonder in Boston (Hybrid, 3 days/week). Build real-time robotics control interfaces with Vue.js, TypeScript, and WebSockets. The hiring manager shared this opening directly on LinkedIn, signaling an active team looking for hands-on UI engineers.
Role Overview
🏢 About Wonder
Wonder is a vertically integrated food-tech company and mealtime platform redefining dining convenience. Customers can order dishes from dozens of curated restaurants in a single transaction, prepared fresh in automated kitchens and delivered on demand. Backed by venture capital and led by industry veterans, Wonder pairs culinary excellence with cutting-edge engineering and automated kitchen machinery.
🎯 The Role
Wonder is hiring a Frontend Software Engineer to join the Robotics engineering team in Boston. In this role, you will create high-performance user interfaces that monitor, configure, and control automated restaurant machinery. You will build browser-based applications that talk directly to on-premise robotic stations via persistent WebSocket connections, ensuring low-latency operator control under continuous commercial kitchen demand.
🛠️ Tech Stack
- Vue.js
- TypeScript
- WebSockets
- CSS3
- Pinia / Vuex
- Figma
- Elixir / Phoenix
- Chrome DevTools & Profiling Tools
💼 What You'll Do
- Build and maintain responsive Vue.js applications that serve as the command center for robotic kitchen operations
- Design robust real-time communication systems using WebSockets to consume high-throughput hardware telemetry
- Partner closely with product designers to implement intuitive, tactile interfaces from Figma designs
- Diagnose frontend performance bottlenecks and optimize rendering cycles for busy kitchen tablet environments
- Collaborate with embedded systems and backend engineers to integrate frontend clients with on-premise hardware
✅ What You'll Need
- 3+ years of professional frontend web development experience
- Deep proficiency with Vue.js (or modern component frameworks like React/Svelte), TypeScript, and CSS
- Solid understanding of centralized state management stores and managing asynchronous, reactive data
- Hands-on experience building bidirectional real-time features using WebSockets
- Strong focus on frontend profiling, performance optimization, and memory efficiency
- Ability to work onsite 3 days per week at the Wonder engineering facility in Charlestown, Boston, MA
🌟 Nice to Have
- Exposure to hardware-in-the-loop systems, robotics, or industrial IoT interfaces
- Curiosity or willingness to learn Elixir and Phoenix on the backend integration layer
- Experience building tablet or touch-first interfaces for high-pressure physical operational environments
Why This Role?
This listing comes straight from a hiring manager or recruiter post — not an ATS scrape. You can often reach out directly, and these roles move fast. The tech stack leans on Vue.js, TypeScript, JavaScript and more. Tagged 💰 High Comp for above-market pay.
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