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AboutHubs
At Hubs, we're building the intelligence layer for organizations - where anyone can build AI solutions that spread and compound across the org. Our team is growing, fast-moving, and ambitious - led by multi-exit Silicon Valley entrepreneurs with a strong track record of creating products that shape how people work.
Along the way, we get to work with some of the most exciting parts of technology today - autonomous AI, innovative UIs, and reactive dataflows. It's the kind of work where the engineering itself feels fresh and creative, with room for invention and curiosity.
Joining Hubs means working on problems that matter. You'll be building for yourself, your peers, and millions of professionals navigating the shift from pre-AI to AI-first work. The products you create will be visible, widely used, and part of a broad societal transformation in how knowledge work gets done.
Aboutthe Role
We'relooking for a Senior Frontend UX Engineer who ispassionate about creating experiences, not just interfaces.Our product is a breakthrough visual canvas for AI thatredefines how human and machine intelligences collaborate.Basic building blocks called tiles are interactivelycomposed into dataflow mosaics that generatereal-timeinsight, with seamless support for agentic automation andautonomy. Our product is not a simple dashboard or dataviewer - it's a persistent intelligent workspace whereaesthetics, intuitiveness, and smooth workflows areabsolutely critical.
Youwill play a key role in shaping how users feel when theyinteract with our product. As part of the UX design council,you'll need to think deeply about collaboration, complexinteractions, and how to make a powerful tool feel simpleand delightful. This highly collaborative role is ideal forsomeone who doesn't just "implement specs" but activelyimproves them, anticipating user needs and sweating thedetails that make an interface feel polished and intuitive
Responsibilities

• Leadthe end-to-end implementation of user-facing features,from concept to release.
• Translatedesign ideas into seamless, performant, and accessibleexperiences.
• Workclosely with product management, design council, andbackend team to ensure interactions are both elegant andtechnically sound.
• Bringattention to detail and polish - raising the bar andreducing rework by getting things right the firsttime.
• Helpshape best practices for frontend development in agrowing, ambitious team.

Requirements
CoreTechnical Skills

• Expert-levelproficiency in React (and ideally Next.js or similar SSRframeworks).
• Strongbackground in real-time applications (WebSockets,CRDTs/OT collaboration patterns).
• Deepexperience with CSS architecture, animation libraries,and building pixel-perfect UIs.
• Familiaritywith performance optimization (lazy-loading,memoization, bundle optimization).
• Stronggrasp of accessibility standards (WCAG) and responsivedesign principles.

UX& Product Thinking

• Passionfor creating experiences, not just interfaces - youempathize with users and design for ease of use vs.power tradeoffs.
• Abilityto simplify complex workflows into elegant, intuitiveinteractions.
• Obsessiveattention to micro-interactions, motion, and polish -you notice when a pixel is off or a transition feelswrong.
• Aestheticsense for color, typography, and spacing that buildsuser trust and delight.
• Experiencewith collaborative or interactive apps (e.g. Figma,Notion, Miro, Google Docs-like systems).

Mindset& Collaboration

• Aproactive, "product-first" approach - you challengespecs when they don't feel right and propose bettersolutions.
• Comfortablewith ambiguity and excited to co-create features, notjust build tickets.
• Strongcommunication skills and ability to collaborate withdesigners, PMs, and backend engineers to ship quicklywithout sacrificing quality.
• Abuilder at heart - self-directed, curious, and eagerto ship beautiful, impactful features.
• Committedto shaping and scaling best practices for frontenddevelopment and design systems as the teamgrows.

Benefits
At Hubs, we're committed to building not just transformative products, but also a place where ambitious builders can thrive. You'll join a fast-moving, design-obsessed team where your ideas have real impact from day one. We offer a competitive salary, a chance for participation in upside via stock plans, and the flexibility of a remote-first environment. As an early member of the engineering team, you'll help shape both our product and our culture, working alongside passionate people who care deeply about craft, autonomy, and creating experiences users love.