What are the responsibilities and job description for the UX Design Engineer position at Echo Chunk AI?
About the Company
We are a venture-backed startup on a mission to redefine puzzle and strategy games for the modern era. We’re building strategy games that generate themselves and are here to push the boundaries of what’s possible in gaming. We’re gamers, engineers, and consumer apps veterans, and we’re backed by the best investors in tech, games, and AI, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Patron Fund, Marc Merrill (Founder of Riot Games), Mark Pincus (Founder of Zynga), Eric Wu (Founder of Opendoor), Roblox’s Head of AI, the founders of Guild Wars and PlayFab, South Park Commons, and many more.
History has shown us that the most revolutionary products and timeless categories in both tech and games always start as bold, under-appreciated or misunderstood ideas. We’re bringing together the world’s best minds in engineering, games, and AI, who are ready to take on this challenge.
Our first game, Echo Chess, has already proven the widespread potential of this vision, with a highly passionate player base validating the appeal of AI-powered puzzle and strategy games. In just a matter of months, our player base has already spent over a whole decade of playtime enjoying the perfected easy-to-learn, hard-to-master, elements of the world’s best strategy games. But this is still Day 0 on our journey of building a generational company and genre-defining products that stand the test of time.
We’re a small, collaborative team, and we value ownership, speed, impact, and passion for our craft. Everyone here is a builder, and we love shipping real products that people around the world love to use every day. If you’re excited to shape the future of gaming, come join us on this mission to build your life’s work with us.
About the Role
As our first UX Design Engineer, you will be joining a team of world-class makers to play a pivotal role in shaping our product's technical foundation and user experience. We are seeking a passionate, highly creative, and deeply technical UX Designer who thrives in startup mode, excels at building apps from scratch, and is dedicated to building visually stunning, high-quality products in web and mobile.
This role sits squarely at the intersection of Design and Tech (frontend), and therefore requires expertise in both UX Design and mobile and frontend app development. As a dedicated UX Designer and Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to lead the development of our web apps and games, from concept through launch, iteration and scaling. The ideal candidate for this role loves shipping new features to users fast, has an excellent eye for design and visual quality while not being afraid to get scrappy, and has a deep passion for beautiful, interactive consumer apps and web games. We believe the best UX Engineers breathe both Figma and VS Code and love mocking up designs for their own projects and bringing them to life at the speed of code.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable frontend code.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and the growing engineering team to ideate, strategize, and iterate on web app features and web game functionalities.
- Develop and enforce coding standards and best practices, including robust testing.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in the web and mobile industries, adapting and innovating as needed.
- Bridge the gap between design and development, advocating for user-centered design principles throughout the engineering process.
- Lead the creation of detailed documentation, including design systems, style guides, and coding standards, to ensure consistency and maintainability.
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Location
We’re ideally looking for teammates in Los Angeles or San Francisco with a preference for hybrid work, but all California-based or US remote folks are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
If you’re excited about building the next big thing in gaming and have a deep passion for creating memorable experiences, we’d love to hear from you. Shoot us a note with your portfolio, your resume, and your GitHub and LinkedIn profiles at careers@echochess.com to join us on this exciting journey!
Echo Chess is proud to celebrate diversity and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
