Staff Frontend/NodeJS Engineer

Inworld AI; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Inworld AI is seeking a Staff Frontend/NodeJS Engineer to enhance our React-based web experience. This role emphasizes quality and speed while collaborating with various teams. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of software engineering experience, particularly in React and NodeJS development, and possess strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience developing complex React apps.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to identify and prioritize impactful projects.
• Design, develop, test, and launch features for web and NodeJS.
• Continuously improve web app experience.

Skills

React

NodeJS

Communication

AI-assisted coding

Tools

React Router

React Query

MUI

Emotion

PostCSS

React Testing Library

Playwright

Job description

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Inworld is the leading provider of AI technology for real-time interactive experiences, with a $500 million valuation and backing from top tier investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12 fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Section 32, BITKRAFT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and First Spark Ventures.

Inworld provides the market’s best framework for building production ready interactive experiences, coupled with dedicated services to optimize specific stages of development – from design and development, to ML pipeline optimization and custom compute infrastructure. We help developers bring their AI engines in-house with a framework optimized for real-time data ingestion, low latency, and massive scale. Inworld powers experiences built by Ubisoft, NVIDIA, Niantic, NetEase Games and LG, among others, and has partnerships with key industry players such as Microsoft Xbox, Epic Games, and Unity.

Inworld was recognized by CB Insights as one of the 100 most promising AI companies in the world in 2024 and was named among LinkedIn's Top Startups of 2024 in the USA.

About the role

At Inworld engineering, our philosophy is to enthusiastically pursue both speed and quality. As a startup, speed is a first principle. That said, quality is what makes our products great and our system enjoyable to work on, so we continuously improve to push the frontier on both.

As a Staff Frontend/NodeJS Engineer at Inworld, you will pursue both speed and quality as you contribute myriad ideas, features and improvements to our React-based web experience and to projects that utilize NodeJS.

Note that a number of our most interesting projects aren’t publicly announced, so we can’t go into much detail here. That said, please apply and we can discuss further.

This is an IC-focused role. We are looking for someone who loves direct technical contribution.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Backend and ML Engineers, QA and more to identify, refine, and prioritize the most impactful projects we can pursue
• Design, develop, test, and launch features and improvements, both on our developer-focused web app and for NodeJS projects
• Keep improving our web app experience via time-tested design principles: clarity, consistency, feedback, etc., in collaboration with our designers (or even contribute to design yourself if you have the appropriate skills and speed)
• Similarly, ship NodeJS code that is async, modular/well-structured, idiomatic, etc.
• Lean into AI-assisted coding, which is proving very useful for amplifying frontend and NodeJS development.

Expected experience

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience developing complex React apps, using popular libraries such as React Router and React Query
• Experience with: MUI, Emotion, and PostCSS (or similar)
• React Testing Library, Playwright or similar
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, can collaborate and coordinate with other roles and engineer with ease, trusted and well-regarded teammate

Bonus Qualifications

• Familiarity with Cursor or other AI-assisted coding tools
• Familiarity with turborepo
• Experience building AI-centric web apps and familiarity with AI and ML concepts

Candidates must be based in the Vancouver, BC area or willing to relocate (you will be working on-site in our Vancouver office a few days a week).

The Canadian base salary range for this full-time position is C$150,000 - C$240,000. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, level, and additional factors, including competencies, experience, and business needs. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Software Development

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