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Member of Technical Staff - Frontend

Astrocade · Palo Alto, CA · 3 days ago
On-siteEngineering$2k/moFull-time

About the role

Games are more engaging, more meaningful, and more fun than passive content - and we think everyone should be able to make them. As a Frontend Member of Technical Staff (MTS), you’ll help make that a reality. You’ll own the creation and play experiences that millions of users touch every day, working at the intersection of product intuition, AI-generated content, and consumer-grade polish. This is a small, dense team: you won’t be maintaining someone else’s system - you will be shaping how the platform feels.

Responsibilities

  • Build and own core user-facing features across the creation and discovery experiences
  • Work closely with AI/systems engineers to surface complex, AI-generated content in ways that feel fast, intuitive, and delightful
  • Make opinionated calls on UX - we care about taste, not just correctness
  • Optimize for performance at real consumer scale (tens of millions of users, high-frequency play sessions)
  • Contribute to frontend architecture decisions and uphold high code quality standards

Requirements

  • 7+ years of frontend experience (ideally on consumer products)
  • Fluent in React and TypeScript, and have strong opinions about their use
  • Built products where experience quality was central to the product
  • Worked on data-rich or real-time UIs (feeds, game rendering, dashboards, etc.)
  • Self-directed and work independently from idea to shipped product

Qualifications

  • Experience with WebGL, canvas, or game rendering
  • Familiarity with recommendation-driven feed UIs

Skills

  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Benefits

  • Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and performance bonus
  • 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
  • Flexible PTO and unlimited sick time
  • $650/month AI Tools budget to use on the tools that help you do your best work
  • $500/month Lifestyle Benefit for wellness, fitness, meals, house cleaning, and more
  • $200/month Fun Benefit to spend on hobbies, travel, games, concerts, or whatever brings you joy
  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave for birth parents and 12 weeks for non-birth parents, plus a $1,500/month childcare benefit
  • Up to $2,000 workspace setup allowance and $200/month commuter benefit
  • Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner on in-office days, plus regular team events and offsites
  • 401(k) retirement plan through Human Interest

Pay

Competitive salary, performance bonus, and equity.

Schedule

Full-time, remote position.

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