Onyx AI · 4 months ago
Technical Lead, Frontend
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$200K/yr - $400K/yr
4+ years expOnyx AI is a popular open-source project with a large user base and community. They are seeking a Technical Lead for Frontend to shape their core product and enhance their GenAI for work application, focusing on building user-facing interfaces and collaborating with design teams.
Generative AIInformation TechnologyNatural Language Processing
Responsibilities
Doing everything frontend for the default open-source chat interface, enterprise search platform, and agent builder
Beautiful core search and chat experience (animations, speed, etc.). Think building the UI/UX layer for Perplexity AND ChatGPT in one
Huge feature set: workspace search, internet search, code interpreter, artifacts, deep research, and so much more
Collaborating closely with the design team + founders
Setting frontend priorities and best practices
Building an exceptional design / frontend engineering culture
Fostering an open-source community; guiding contributors on adding to the frontend
Qualification
Required
4+ years of frontend engineering experience building complex, user-facing applications
Have an incredible bar for yourself and for others. You want your work to be exceptional, and accept nothing less
In-depth experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, NextJS and other modern frontend technologies
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
Strong product/design intuition
Preferred
Familiar with Python, Postgres
Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
Previous founder or early engineer at seed/series-A startup
Benefits
Fully covered health/dental/vision and transportation reimbursement
Free meals — We have our MIXT loyalists and a rebel faction of unhealthy eaters
Stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks, matcha and an espresso machine
Monthly company outings (bike rides to Mt. Tamalpais, escape rooms, etc.)
We enjoy friendly competition — we built an internal ELO system to find the best ping pong players on the team
Exceptional compensation packages for exceptional people
Company
Onyx AI
Onyx is the open source AI platform for work with features like AI Chat, Enterprise Search, Custom AI Assistants, Agents/Actions, and more.
2-10 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$10.5MKey Investors
Y Combinator
2025-03-12Seed· $10M
2024-04-03Pre Seed· $0.5M
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