UI Engineer

The role

You will build Gamma's visual experience including pixel-perfect layouts, smooth animations, and responsive interactions. You will own design system components and partner with designers to translate high-fidelity mocks into production-ready components.

What you will do

• Own design system components from foundational elements to complex editor UI primitives, with accessibility built in
• Build pixel-perfect layouts, smooth animations, and responsive interactions across the product
• Implement polished micro-interactions and transitions
• Optimize rendering, bundle size, and interaction responsiveness to maintain 60fps animations
• Solve complex browser challenges including cross-browser compatibility, edge cases, and rendering quirks
• Partner with designers to translate high-fidelity mocks into production-ready components

Required qualifications

• 3–5+ years of frontend engineering with deep React expertise and mastery of CSS including flexbox, grid, animations, transforms, and browser quirks
• Sharp eye for detail and craft, with the ability to spot 1px misalignments, janky animations, and inconsistent spacing
• Experience building complex, interactive UIs such as editors, design tools, or animation-heavy applications
• Performance optimization skills across React rendering, CSS performance, and animation frame rates, with experience building reusable, accessible, well-documented component libraries
• Thoughtful approach to user experience including loading states, error handling, and responsive behavior

Nice to have

• Experience with animation libraries or visual editing tools

Benefits

• benefits
• equity

About the company

Gamma has a strong in-office culture and works in person 4–5 days per week in San Francisco.