Gym Class Hiring Founding Design Engineer for VR and Mobile Social Gaming Platform
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Summary
Gym Class, a top-rated social VR basketball game backed by a16z and Y Combinator, is hiring a Founding Design Engineer to lead UI development across mobile and VR platforms. The role requires a designer who codes, with 3-6+ years experience building consumer web products, strong React/TypeScript skills, and experience with viral consumer apps. Responsibilities include building growth-critical surfaces (onboarding, social features, chat), creating design systems, optimizing performance, and driving product roadmap. The position offers equity, medical benefits, and 401k matching.
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· 5 pulledGym Class is a top-rated social game on Meta Quest - millions of downloads, 79,000+ reviews, 4.9★
We're hiring a Founding Design Engineer (a product designer who ships production code) to own our consumer UI across both our upcoming mobile app and the web surfaces inside our flagship VR app
A true designer-who-codes: 3–6+ years building consumer web products, with a portfolio showing you owned both design + implementation
Consumer-social native: You've shipped mainstream UX and you intuit what makes products feel effortless, sticky, and shareable
Startup builder: You thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and raise the bar as you go. Ex-founders VERY much welcome
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