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Symbolica AI · 3 months ago

Founding Frontend Engineer (UI/UX) – AI Agentic Systems

San Francisco, US

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

Symbolica is an AI research lab pioneering the application of category theory to enable logical reasoning in machines. As a Lead Frontend Engineer, you will take ownership of building and iterating on functional prototypes for deploying AI systems, ensuring seamless integration across the stack while collaborating closely with the research team to create interactive interfaces.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Software

Responsibilities

Own and develop a vision for how developers discover, onboard, build, and scale applications with Symbolica's new flagship product

Design and implement intuitive, responsive, and visually polished UI for complex systems, with a strong emphasis on usability and accessibility

Partner with product and design to translate abstract concepts into clear, elegant user flows and interactive experiences

Build, test, and iterate on functional prototypes based on real user needs

Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product leads to turn ideas into polished features

Create and maintain a consistent design system and reusable frontend components that balance aesthetics with performance

Debug performance issues and run A/B tests to continuously improve UX

Attend developer events and workshops to introduce, prototype, and teach technical audiences how to build and deploy complex multi-agent systems

Translate this external feedback to build user empathy and advocate for developer experience internally

Qualification

TypeScriptReactUI/UX designDesign systemsMachine learning experienceRESTful APIsGraphQLPrototypingEffective communicationCollaborative mindset

Required

Excellent at translating complex ideas into simple, beautiful, and highly usable UI/UX

Proficient in TypeScript and React

Equally passionate about design and engineering – you care as much about visual polish, accessibility, and interaction design as you do about clean, scalable code

Comfortable prototyping quickly and shipping production-ready code

Experience collaborating with designers or directly owning design systems, style guides, or user interface patterns

Passion for writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

Effective communication skills and a collaborative mindset to work across diverse teams