Member of Technical Staff (Frontend)
Quick facts
- Pay
- $180,000 - $250,000 base (OTE $216,000 - $300,000) + competitive equity
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Palo Alto, California
- Skills
- TypeScript, React
- Industry
- Information Technology — 684 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B, OPT
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Member of Technical Staff (Frontend)
Company: Astrocade
Location: Palo Alto, CA (in office 4 days per week, Wednesdays from home)
Compensation: $180,000 - $250,000 base (OTE $216,000 - $300,000) + competitive equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Visa transfers (OPT, H-1B transfer)
About Astrocade
Astrocade is an AI consumer lab and interactive content platform that lets anyone create games and interactive experiences with generative AI. It has passed 40M users, is doubling every three months and serves 200M+ gameplays a month ahead of its US launch. Founded in 2022, Astrocade has about 25 people from Google Research, Meta, FAIR and Stanford, and has raised $100M+ from investors including Sequoia, Google and NVIDIA.
The Role
Astrocade is hiring a Frontend Member of Technical Staff (7+ years, Staff/L6 level) to help scale astrocade.com as it prepares for its US launch. Think of it like joining a major consumer platform in its early days: high ownership, no politics, and the architecture challenges of a product already serving tens of millions of users. You will report to the founding frontend engineer and guide technical direction as a senior individual contributor.
What You Will Do
- Own and build core user-facing features across creation and discovery on astrocade.com using React, Next.js and React Native.
- Solve scaling and performance challenges as the platform doubles users every three months.
- Work across the full frontend stack, from caching and server pages on Vercel to authentication and backend integration.
- Ship new features daily in a fast-moving, zero-to-one environment.
What You Bring
- 7-12 years of frontend engineering with React on consumer-facing products, at Staff (L6) level
- L6-level experience at a top consumer tech company or equivalent
- Frontend experience on consumer platforms or marketplaces at scale
- CS, EECS or equivalent degree from a top-50 university
- Takes ideas independently from concept to shipped product; decisive and fast-moving
- A Staff-level IC focus (not seeking to manage)
- Ability to work in the Palo Alto office 4 days a week
Nice to Have
- Data-rich, real-time, high-quality user interfaces
- Backend code that connects to the frontend
Interview Process
Intro call with the Head of Talent (30 min), intro call with the CTO (30 min), technical screen (1 hour), on-site final round (half day).
Tech Stack
React, React Native, Next.js, TypeScript, CSS, Vercel
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Transparent Search Group in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B, OPT
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level I (entry)Software Developers · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $152,797 | ~15% |
| Level II | $187,075 | ~31% |
| Level III | $221,374 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $255,653 | ~61% |
This job pays $180,000–$250,000 a year — that's Level I (entry). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level I registration gets 1 entry; estimated selection chance about 15% — below average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.