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Creative Fabrica · 1 month ago

Frontend Engineer, Studio

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

Creative Fabrica is a fast-scaling tech start-up from Amsterdam focused on enabling creativity through its platform. The Frontend Engineer will bridge design and engineering, driving the development of the Studio product while ensuring user-centric innovations and owning features from design to deployment.

ContentContent CreatorsGraphic DesignMarketplace

No H1B

Responsibilities

Bridge Design & Engineering: We need a developer who speaks the language of designers. Your goal is to translate complex Figma concepts into pixel-perfect, interactive reality without losing the "soul" of the design

Build the "Studio" Product: Studio is in its early stages. You will drive the development of our prompt-operated design tools and GenAI interfaces, ensuring they feel intuitive and magical to the user

User-Centric Innovation: Unlike backend-heavy roles, this position exists to maximize user value. You will build new features that directly impact how users create, interacting with whiteboarding tools, background removers, and vectorization flows

End-to-End Feature Ownership: You won't just pick up tickets; you will own features from the design review stage through to deployment. You are the technical partner to the Product Owner

Custom UI Architecture: We do not use off-the-shelf libraries like Material UI. You will build bespoke, performant UI components from scratch using React and Tailwind to match our unique design identity

GenAI & Creative Tooling: You will build the interfaces that control our AI models—think drag-and-drop zones, real-time canvas overlays, and "prompt-to-design" inputs

Rapid Prototyping: You will frequently iterate on UI/UX experiments to test new product concepts quickly

Performance: Ensuring that rich interactions (whiteboarding, image manipulation) remain 60fps and snappy for the user

Qualification

ReactTypeScriptCustom UI ArchitectureWeb TechnologiesGenAI ExperienceHigh AgencyCanvas FamiliarityPerformance OptimizationCollaborativeAdaptable

Required

React & TypeScript Proficiency: proficiency in modern React patterns (Hooks, Context, State Management) and TypeScript

"Design Engineer" Capability: Ability to build complex, custom UIs without relying on UI kits (MUI/Bootstrap). You know how to structure CSS/Tailwind for scale

Product Mindset: You understand how the business works. You ask "why are we building this?" and offer solutions that balance user experience with technical feasibility

Web Technologies: Strong grasp of the DOM, browser APIs, and modern CSS (Flexbox/Grid, Animations)

High Agency: You don't wait to be told what to do. You see a UX flaw, and you fix it

Collaborative: You thrive in a high-bandwidth environment with Designers and Product Owners

Adaptable: The product is early-stage; requirements change. You roll with the punches and keep shipping value

Preferred

Canvas/WebGL Familiarity: While you don't need to be a linear algebra expert (we have Graphics Engineers for that), being comfortable working around a canvas element (PixiJS, Fabric.js) is a huge plus

GenAI Experience: Experience building UIs for AI tools (prompts, diffing images, loaders)

Performance Optimization: Code splitting, lazy loading, and rendering optimization