Senior UI Developer

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Vantiq is a system software company transforming how organizations build and operate real-time, distributed, intelligent applications. Our platform brings together event-driven architecture, GenAI, and scalable cloud-native infrastructure to address mission-critical challenges in industries like manufacturing, public safety, energy, and healthcare.

We are a 10-year-old startup with deep experience — our founders and technical leaders have built multiple successful companies. Our 18-person engineering team has collaborated for decades across Ingres, Forte, AmberPoint, and now Vantiq.

Overview

You will join a tight-knit, high-performing three-person UI team known for its speed, reliability, and thoughtful execution. Together for over 8 years, the team excels at delivering scoped improvements and deeply understands the platform’s internals.

As we evolve the IDE to support GenAI-powered agents and undergo a broader transformation, we are seeking a senior UI engineer who can :

Bring fresh ideas and modern front-end best practices

Improve testability, performance, and long-term maintainability

Collaborate closely with our UX designer, product manager, and CTO

Help guide the modernization while preserving the platform’s proven strengths

This is a rare chance to join a highly capable and responsive team building a one-of-a-kind development environment.

What You Will Do

Extend and evolve our custom-built IDE for creating distributed, real-time applications

Help redesign UI structure and interaction patterns that support :

Conversational, multi-threaded GenAI interactions

Multi-agent systems, agent-driven UIs, and semantic workflows

A robust, testable architecture for declarative agents and orchestration flows

Introduce modern UI frameworks or patterns where appropriate

Modernize diagram layout and interaction — supporting system design, event orchestration, and GenAI-driven workflows

Partner with the runtime team to ensure accurate, real-time system representation

Requirements

Experience building and maintaining web-based developer tools, IDEs, or domain-specific model editors

Familiarity with designing and evolving component libraries and UI frameworks

Strong focus on usability, testability, and sustainable front-end architecture

Comfortable working with backend REST APIs, schemas, and system models

Ability to collaborate within a mature, cohesive team

Reputation for clear communication and a problem-solving mindset

Nice to Have

Familiarity with event-driven systems, agent architectures, or visual programming tools

Experience with stateful UIs — including node-link diagrams, semantic editors, or threaded conversational flows

Exposure to GenAI, LLM integration, or interactive assistants in UI

Experience maintaining native and hybrid applications for iOS and Android

Knowledge of accessibility, internationalization, or adaptive interface design

Exposure to Cypress or similar UI test frameworks

Collaborate with a seasoned team building a uniquely powerful development platform

Contribute meaningfully to long-term product evolution and design direction

Work in a culture that values depth, focus, and pragmatic innovation

Hybrid flexibility : office located in Walnut Creek, CA

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