Member of Technical Staff, Founding Frontend Engineer

At Ocular AI, design and engineering converge to create exceptional user experiences. We’re looking for a Frontend Engineer with a sharp eye for design and the technical expertise to craft polished, high-performing web applications.

This is more than a coding role—you’ll work at the intersection of creativity and technology, collaborating across teams to deliver impactful, design-driven solutions. Reporting directly to the founders, this high-agency role allows you to shape our products and brand while solving challenging technical problems.

What You’ll Do

• Build and Innovate: Design and maintain complex, stateful frontend applications that handle millions of entities efficiently.
• Design Collaborative Canvas: Create intuitive, high-performance tools for multimodal (image, video, audio, and more) data annotation and visualization on collaborative canvases.
• Multimodal Rendering: Develop performant 2D and 3D rendering products to support advanced data annotation workflows.
• UI/UX Excellence: Establish and enforce a consistent, delightful user experience across products.
• Elevate Standards: Drive improvements in engineering best practices, tooling, and processes to deliver maintainable and scalable codebases.

What We’re Looking For

• Technical Expertise:
• Proficiency in Next.js, React, Redux, and Recoil (or similar state management libraries).
• Experience with deployment platforms like Vercel and CMS platforms like Contentful.
• Familiarity with analytics platforms such as PostHog.
• Experience with WebSockets, LiveBlocks, or similar technologies for designing real-time, collaborative applications.
• Knowledge of multimodal rendering on web canvases (e.g., image/video/audio).
• Design Sensibility:
• Proficiency in Figma and Spline, with a strong understanding of graphic design principles (typography, color, layout, illustration).
• Ability to collaborate closely with marketing and design teams to deliver polished results.
• Startup Mindset:
• Thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with a proactive, problem-solving attitude.
• Comfortable working in person in our San Francisco office to collaborate effectively with the team.

What We Value

• Design-Oriented Thinking: Crafting solutions that are functional, user-friendly, and beautiful.
• Raw, Hardcore Intelligence: Tackling tough problems with precision, resourcefulness, and grit.
• Founder Mentality: Taking full ownership of your work, pushing for excellence, and navigating challenges with humility.
• Customer Obsession: Prioritizing user needs and creating products that delight and deliver real value.
• Humble Collaboration: Embracing feedback and fostering a team-oriented culture where diverse ideas drive success.

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