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Moondream AI is hiring : Head of User Experience in Seattle

Moondream AI is hiring : Head of User Experience in Seattle

MediabistroSeattle, WA, United States
29 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Overview

Moondream , a funded Seattle AI startup. We ship a tiny, fast VLM that runs anywhere (edge, cloud). We are looking for someone to own the front end of the product that lets customers customize / tune the model without being ML experts. Think : data review flows that feel slick (Figma / Vercel vibes), eval dashboards, a stupid-fast playground, and a clean billing / credits UX. Small team, high autonomy, real users today (retail, manufacturing, security, etc.).

Stack : Next.js, TypeScript, React, Shad / Tailwind, tRPC / Drizzle, SST / AWS.

Location : We’re in Capitol Hill, Seattle; hybrid is fine.

Responsibilities

  • Own the front end end-to-end — architecture, component library (shadcn / ui + Tailwind), performance, accessibility, and shipping to prod.
  • Build the core surfaces : data review / labeling flows, eval dashboards, RL fine-thinking UX, a stupid-fast playground, and clean billing / credits screens.
  • Define and enforce FE standards : code quality, type safety, testing, design tokens, a11y, performance budgets.
  • Work tightly with backend on contracts (tRPC), schemas (Drizzle), and deployment (SST / AWS, edge / SSR).
  • Instrument everything — analytics, tracing, feature flags, and experiment frameworks to learn fast.
  • Prototype quickly with real users; partner with UX to run lightweight tests and ship improvements continuously.
  • Mentor & grow a small team (code reviews, pairing, hiring loop) while staying very hands-on.
  • Own CI / CD for the web app (lint / test / build pipelines, preview deploys, error monitoring).
  • Champion security & authorization in the UI (RBAC / scope-based perms, safe client patterns).

Qualifications

  • 5+ years building production web apps with React, TypeScript, and Next.js (or equivalent).
  • Strong product / UX intuition — you can take a Figma file (or create one) and ship something polished.
  • Deep familiarity with performance tuning (RSC, code-splitting, React Query / Suspense, Web Workers, etc.).
  • Experience with typed backends and contracts (tRPC / GraphQL), ORMs (Drizzle / Prisma), and Postgres .
  • Comfortable in SST / AWS , serverless / edge runtimes, and modern CI / CD.
  • Testing discipline : unit (Vitest / Jest), e2e (Playwright / Cypress), visual / regression as needed.
  • Accessibility, security, and reliability aren’t afterthoughts for you.
  • Bonus : you’ve built data-heavy tools (dashboards, labeling / review UIs), ML / AI tooling , or contributed to OSS.
  • Seattle-based or willing to work hybrid from Capitol Hill.

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