About the position
At MotherDuck, we are on a mission to radically transform the data analyst user experience. Our UI engineers build a best-in-class user experience for standard data warehouse operations and SQL querying. You'll contribute to this vision, working on everything from the data warehouse service layer to high-finesse features that simplify data analysis. As a member of the team, you’ll work closely with design, product, and our platform and databases teams to build intuitive, performant, and polished user experiences that help people go from data to insight without friction. This is a hybrid role that can be based in our Seattle or San Francisco hubs.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement beautiful, performant, and accessible UIs that make working with data feel like magic.
- Work closely with designers and researchers to understand real-world user problems and ship features that meet them with empathy and creativity.
- Partner with backend engineers, PMs, and fellow frontend developers to bring new experiences to life—across data exploration, visualization, collaboration, and more.
- Write clean, reusable, and well-tested code. Help evolve our component library, design system, and development patterns.
- Rapidly explore new ideas through prototypes and experiments to validate assumptions and refine user workflows.
- Help shape not only the product, but our engineering culture, frontend architecture, and technical roadmap.
Requirements
- Proven experience in software development, with a focus on frontend development.
- Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and experience with frameworks like React.
- Strong aesthetic and interaction instincts—both for end-user experience and internal component APIs.
- Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams with designers, PMs, and engineers.
- A generalist mindset—comfortable navigating ambiguity, making decisions without perfect information, and working across the stack when needed.
- Experience working on developer tools, BI tools, notebooks, or data visualization products.
- Familiarity with the JavaScript/TypeScript tooling ecosystem (Vite, esbuild, etc.).
- Experience developing UI component libraries and sweating the details of animations, interactions, and pixel-perfect implementation.
- Background working with SQL, data warehouses, or analytics platforms.
- A passion for the craft of frontend—bringing joy, clarity, and power to users through great UX.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options.
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision for employees, plus 80% coverage for dependents.
- Unlimited PTO.
- 401k plan.
- Company events twice a year for unforgettable summits and team gatherings.
- Hybrid work environment.
