Member of Technical Staff - UI/UX Software Engineer

About the position

FutureHouse is an AI research lab building an AI Scientist to automate research in biology and other complex sciences. We are seeking a UI/UX software engineer with front-end engineering skills and a keen design sensibility to help shape the user experience of our agentic scientific discovery engine. You’ll architect and implement responsive, low-latency, and highly interactive interfaces that allow scientists to seamlessly collaborate with AI agents — delivering scientific insights faster and more intuitively than ever before. This position is full-time in-person in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and optimize the front-end for the scientific discovery platform with a focus on low-latency performance and scalable UI patterns.
• Translate complex AI-driven scientific workflows into clear, intuitive, and well-signposted user experiences.
• Work closely with product and research teams to anticipate user needs and design workflows that minimize friction.
• Develop and maintain a modular design system to ensure consistency and speed in feature development.
• Profile and optimize rendering performance, asset loading, and interaction responsiveness across browsers and devices.
• Integrate real-time data visualizations and dynamic interfaces for rapid scientific exploration.
• Conduct code reviews, enforce engineering best practices, and contribute to front-end architecture decisions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in front-end engineering, with a track record of shipping performant, complex web applications.
• Proficiency with React (preferred) or a comparable framework, along with deep experience in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of browser rendering pipelines, performance profiling, and optimization techniques.
• Experience with real-time data handling (e.g., WebSockets, GraphQL subscriptions) and interactive visualizations (e.g., D3.js, Deck.gl, Three.js).
• Ability to transform technical and scientific requirements into elegant, usable interfaces.
• Experience building design systems and reusable component libraries.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and responsive design principles.
• Based in the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to relocate.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with scientific data visualization, computational biology, or AI/ML tools.
• Familiarity with back-end integration patterns for high-throughput data pipelines.

Benefits

• Meaningful and very competitive compensation with equity
• Flexible PTO, full health benefits, 401(k) matching
• Work at the frontier of AI and scientific discovery in a mission-driven culture alongside a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and operators.