Member of Technical Staff - Product Design Engineer

embedding-vc; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a talented individual to enhance product-level UX and full-stack development in San Mateo. You will turn research into shippable experiences, requiring strong product taste, rapid prototyping skills, and ownership of the product journey. The ideal candidate has a background in building design systems, proficiency in Next.js, React, and familiarity with serverless technologies. This on-site position fosters collaboration and innovation within a dedicated team.

Qualifications

• Ability to quickly turn research into shippable experiences.
• Experience in building design systems and performance budgeting.
• Portfolio of polished AI demos in production.

Responsibilities

• Lead product-level UX and full-stack development.
• Rapidly prototype innovative features and improvements.
• Ensure a robust and optimal user experience.

Skills

Strong product taste

Rapid prototyping

Zero-to-one ownership

Next.js

React

Tailwind/shadcn

Edge/serverless (Vercel/Cloudflare)

tRPC

GraphQL

File & data sync

Authentication

Job description

Introducing Moonlake, AI for creating real-time interactive content

Mission:

Product-level UX + Full-stack, turn research into 'magical', shippable experiences quickly.

Non-negotiables:

• Strong product taste; rapid prototyping; zero-to-one ownership.
• Stack: Next.js/React, Tailwind/shadcn, edge/serverless (Vercel/Cloudflare), tRPC/GraphQL, file & data sync, and authentication
• Can wire model endpoints, observability hooks, feature flags, and experiment toggles.

Tech signals:

• Portfolio of polished AI demos in production
• Built design systems and shipped them; cares about performance budgets.

We are committed to being an on-site, in-person team currently based in San Mateo