Senior Product Engineer

at World Labs · AI Frontier · San Francisco, CA · Front-End & Design

Senior Product Engineer to build end-to-end user-facing features for foundational world models, focusing on spatial intelligence and AI. Role involves technical leadership, full-stack development, and partnering with product leadership.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner directly with product leadership on technical roadmapping, sprint planning, and execution.
  2. Serve as a Technical Lead and mentor (player-coach) to support a cross-functional product team.
  3. Contribute technically as a full-stack engineer to both the frontend and backend of our core web applications.
  4. Develop and ship user-facing features with a highly product-minded approach, moving beyond just building internal tools or libraries.

Skills

Required

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • full-stack development
  • web architecture
  • computer science principles
  • technical leadership
  • mentorship

Nice to have

  • 3D graphics programming
  • shader development
  • WebGL
  • three.js
  • generative image AI models
  • generative video AI models
  • generative 3D AI models
  • open-source contributions
  • VFX industry experience
  • gaming industry experience
  • 3D design industry experience

What the JD emphasized

  • strong coding skills across the stack
  • deep appreciation for intuitive user experiences
  • technical expertise to design end-to-end systems
  • own product features end-to-end
  • building responsive, user-centric web apps and backend services
  • player-coach
  • engineering counterpart to product management
  • technical roadmapping
  • sprint execution
  • crucial software engineering and technical leadership experience
  • highly talented product team that currently leans heavily on design
  • 4-10 years of software engineering experience
  • Deep proficiency in modern web application technologies for the frontend (e.g., TypeScript, React) and backend services
  • strong understanding of web architecture
  • interactive and real-time applications with performance considerations
  • Proven experience serving in a Tech Lead or senior mentorship capacity for engineering and design teams.
  • A highly product-minded approach with a strong drive to design end-to-end systems and ship features.
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities and a strong foundation in computer science principles.

Other signals

  • building foundational world models
  • spatial intelligence
  • AI research
  • product features end-to-end
  • user-facing features
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About World Labs:

We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full potential through spatial intelligence by transforming seeing into doing, perceiving into reasoning, and imagining into creating. We believe spatial intelligence will unlock new forms of storytelling, creativity, design, simulation, and immersive experiences across both virtual and physical worlds. We bring together a world-class team, united by a shared curiosity, passion, and deep backgrounds in technology — from AI research to systems engineering to product design — creating a tight feedback loop between our cutting-edge research and products that empower our users.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Senior Product Engineer who thrives at the intersection of product and engineering. You should have strong coding skills across the stack, a deep appreciation for intuitive user experiences, and the technical expertise to design end-to-end systems. In this role, you’ll own product features end-to-end—from ideation through to building responsive, user-centric web apps and backend services. Serving as a "player-coach," you will act as the engineering counterpart to product management to help with technical roadmapping and sprint execution. You will bring crucial software engineering and technical leadership experience to support a highly talented product team that currently leans heavily on design.

What You Will Do:

  • Partner directly with product leadership on technical roadmapping, sprint planning, and execution.
  • Serve as a Technical Lead and mentor (player-coach) to support a cross-functional product team.
  • Contribute technically as a full-stack engineer to both the frontend and backend of our core web applications.
  • Develop and ship user-facing features with a highly product-minded approach, moving beyond just building internal tools or libraries.

Key Qualifications:

  • 4-10 years of software engineering experience, demonstrating adaptability and ownership.
  • Deep proficiency in modern web application technologies for the frontend (e.g., TypeScript, React) and backend services, with a strong understanding of web architecture; especially in interactive and real-time applications with performance considerations.
  • Proven experience serving in a Tech Lead or senior mentorship capacity for engineering and design teams.
  • A highly product-minded approach with a strong drive to design end-to-end systems and ship features.
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities and a strong foundation in computer science principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

While not required, experience in one or more of the following is a strong plus:

  • Experience in 3D graphics programming and shader development, particularly web frameworks such as WebGL and three.js.
  • Experience building applications around generative image, video, or 3D AI models.
  • Contributions to open-source graphics or machine learning projects.
  • Experience working in VFX, gaming, 3D design, or other industries that focus on high-fidelity visual outputs.

Who You Are

  • **Fearless Innovator: **We need people who thrive on challenges and aren't afraid to tackle the impossible.
  • Resilient Builder: Impacting Large World Models isn't a sprint; it's a marathon with hurdles. We're looking for builders who can weather the storms of groundbreaking research and come out stronger.
  • **Mission-Driven Mindset: **Everything we do is in service of creating the best spatially intelligent AI systems, and using them to empower people.
  • Collaborative Spirit: We're building something bigger than any one person. We need team players who can harness the power of collective intelligence.

We're hiring the brightest minds from around the globe to bring diverse perspectives to our cutting-edge work. If you're ready to work on technology that will reshape how machines perceive and interact with the world, World Labs is your launchpad.

Join us, and let's make history together.

Equal Opportunity & Pay Transparency

Equal Employment Opportunity

World Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. We welcome all qualified applicants and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process upon request.

California Pay Transparency

In accordance with California law, we disclose the following:

Pay Range

$250-$325k base salary (good-faith estimate for San Francisco Bay Area upon hire; actual offer based on experience, skills, and qualifications)

Total Compensation

Base salary plus equity awards and annual performance bonus

Salary History

We do not request or consider prior compensation in making offers

**Compliance: **Cal. Lab. Code §432.3 (pay scale disclosure & salary history ban); Cal. Lab. Code §1197.5 (Equal Pay Act); Cal. Gov. Code §12940 (FEHA); 42 U.S.C. §2000e (Title VII); 29 U.S.C. §621 (ADEA); 42 U.S.C. §12101 (ADA)