Staff UX Engineer

Inworld AI; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI technology company in British Columbia is seeking a Staff UX Engineer to enhance frontend experiences. The role involves owning frontend development, building high-quality UI in TypeScript and React, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to create intuitive experiences. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of UX experience and excellent programming skills. This full-time position offers a competitive salary range of CAD $170,000 - $230,000 plus equity and benefits.

Benefits

Equity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in user experience (UX) engineering, and front-end engineering.
• Excellent programming skills and experience in TypeScript and React.
• Strong understanding of usability, interaction patterns, and user experience principles.

Responsibilities

• Own the frontend development including interactive demos and playgrounds.
• Build high quality UI in React and TypeScript with a focus on performance and interaction quality.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design and Engineering to translate complex AI capabilities into intuitive experiences.

Skills

User experience engineering

Front-end engineering

TypeScript

React

Usability principles

Attention to detail

Tools

Next.js

Node.js

MUI

Emotion

Tailwind

Job description

About Inworld

At Inworld, we believe that the benefits of AI should extend beyond business workflows to the applications and experiences that we enjoy every day. We began by pushing the frontier of lifelike, interactive characters for games and entertainment, pioneering realtime conversational AI at scale. Today, we apply that expertise to provide the multimodal models, pipelines and tools needed to build and evolve consumer‑scale, real‑time conversational AI applications across learning, health, social, assistants, games and media.

We’ve raised more than $125M from Lightspeed, Section 32, Kleiner Perkins, Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, Founders Fund, Meta and Stanford, among others. Our technology has powered experiences from companies such as NVIDIA, Microsoft Xbox, Niantic, Logitech Streamlabs, Wishroll, Little Umbrella and Bible Chat. We’ve also been recognized by CB Insights as one of the 100 most promising AI companies globally and have been named one of LinkedIn's Top 10 Startups in the USA.

About The Role

As a Staff UX Engineer focused on frontend excellence, your goal is to ship polished, intuitive experiences that help users understand and explore our technology. You will work closely with product, design, and engineering to clarify priorities and shape what needs to be built. You will also identify improvements that elevate performance, usability, and overall frontend quality and drive them forward.

What You'll Do

• Own the frontend development including interactive demos and playgrounds.
• Build high quality UI in React and TypeScript with a focus on performance and interaction quality.
• Work in Next.js with some Node.js backend support when needed as part of your workflow.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design and Engineering to translate complex AI capabilities into intuitive, developer-friendly experiences.
• Continuously test, learn, and iterate, using feedback and data to refine and improve the user experience.
• Drive user experience quality and empathy, shaping both the product and how we build it.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in user experience (UX) engineering, and front-end engineering.
• Excellent programming skills and experience in TypeScript and React.
• Strong understanding of usability, interaction patterns, and user experience principles.
• Experience with popular frontend tools and libraries (Sandcn/ui, MUI, Emotion, Next.js, Tailwind, etc).
• High attention to detail and a passion for expressive, high quality interfaces.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, trusted presence across teams.

Work location: British Columbia, Canada.

The base salary range for this full‑time position is CAD $170,000 - $230,000. 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.