Member of Technical Staff (Frontend)

Astrocade; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary plus equity

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Lunch provided daily

Job summary

Astrocade in Palo Alto is seeking a Frontend Member of Technical Staff to create engaging user experiences for its UGC gaming platform. You will build and enhance core user-facing features that millions engage with daily, working at the intersection of AI-generated content and consumer-grade polish.

The ideal candidate has 3-6+ years of frontend experience, is fluent in React and TypeScript, and has a passion for creating exceptional user experiences. We offer competitive salary, health benefits, and daily lunch!

Qualifications

• 3-6+ years of frontend experience, ideally on consumer products.
• Fluency in React and TypeScript.
• Experience with data-rich or real-time UIs.

Responsibilities

• Build and own core user-facing features.
• Work with AI engineers to surface complex content.
• Make opinionated UX decisions.

Skills

Frontend experience

React

TypeScript

Data-rich UIs

Real-time applications

Job description

About Astrocade

Astrocade is a UGC gaming platform where anyone can turn an idea into a playable, shareable game in days, not months. Think YouTube, but for games. We’ve grown to more than 20 million users within just a few months of launch, and we’re only getting started. Backed by Sequoia, NVIDIA, and Google, Astrocade was founded by Amir Sadeghian (Stanford PhD), Ali Sadeghian (Ex-Google Research), and Fei-Fei Li (Godmother of AI). We’re building the infrastructure for a new era of interactive entertainment.

About the Role

Games are more engaging, more meaningful, and more fun than passive content — and we think everyone should be able to make them. As a Frontend Member of Technical Staff (MTS), you’ll help make that a reality. You’ll own the creation and play experiences that millions of users touch every day, working at the intersection of product intuition, AI-generated content, and consumer-grade polish. This is a small, dense team: you won’t be maintaining someone else’s system — you will be shaping how the platform feels.

What You’ll Do

• Build and own core user-facing features across the creation and discovery experiences

• Work closely with AI/systems engineers to surface complex, AI-generated content in ways that feel fast, intuitive, and delightful

• Make opinionated calls on UX — we care about taste, not just correctness

• Optimize for performance at real consumer scale (tens of millions of users, high-frequency play sessions)

• Contribute to frontend architecture decisions and uphold high code quality standards

You’d Be a Great Fit If You:

• Have 3–6+ years of frontend experience (ideally on consumer products)

• Are fluent in React and TypeScript, and have strong opinions about their use

• Have built products where experience quality was central to the product

• Have worked on data-rich or real-time UIs (feeds, game rendering, dashboards, etc.)

• Are self-directed and work independently from idea to shipped product

Bonus Points:

• Experience with WebGL, canvas, or game rendering

• Experience on high-growth consumer platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Roblox, YouTube)

• Familiarity with recommendation-driven feed UIs

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus equity

• Health, dental, and vision coverage

• Lunch provided daily

Join us to help build the future of interactive entertainment!