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Staff Frontend Engineer (Design Systems & UX)

South San Francisco, California, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-17 → 2026-07-31

Core

Architect and ship the front-end systems for an AI-driven operating system for science, defining interaction design and usability for complex scientific workflows.

Role type

Staff-level Frontend Engineer (Design Systems & UX)

Builds

An operating system for science enabling drug discovery, simulation interfaces, data explorers, and research workflows.

Domain

Biotechnology / Life Sciences / Scientific Software

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

React, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, component architecture, state management, performance profiling, accessibility, data visualization, UX pattern definition, technical leadership

Preferred skills

Scientific or biotech software experience, computational chemistry/biology background, 3D rendering or molecular visualization libraries (Mol*, NGL, 3Dmol.js), WebGL

Technologies

React, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Mol*, NGL, 3Dmol.js, WebGL

Responsibilities

Architect and ship front-end systems and design systems; define UX patterns for complex scientific workflows; prototype and build production UI for simulations and data-heavy research tools; integrate front end with backend APIs; set front-end technical direction and engineering standards; raise team craft through code review and pairing; make pragmatic product and interaction decisions.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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