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+title: UX Engineer
+menu: "UX Engineer"
+name: "Careers"
+class: "job new"
+intro: "OMSF"
+part: 10
+---
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+![Job board](/images/job.svg)
+
+The Open Molecular Software Foundation (OMSF) builds open-source infrastructure and tooling for computational molecular science. We’re looking for a **UX Engineer** who can ship **polished, usable web experiences**, especially where the UI is powered by **interactive scientific visualization**. We are offering a 6-8 month contract with an hourly rate determined based on the contractor’s experience and agreed upon project deliverables. We expect approximately 15-20 h per week for this project. The contractor will need to be based in the United States. 
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+All work in this engagement will be released under the **MIT License**.
+
+### What you’ll work on
+
+You’ll help us build a set of reusable visualization components for the software in our ecosystem, plus a few web interfaces that consume them. 
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+**Reusable components**
+
+The reusable components you’ll help build will manage the plumbing between our existing Python tooling and Javascript tools for visualization. The reusable components should be as framework-agnostic as possible, with the intent that they will be easy for other developers to incorporate into their own applications. Components we are considering include:
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+* 3D protein-ligand complex visualization: Connect molecular representations from OMSF projects to a visualization tool such as Mol\* or 3Dmol.  
+* 3D small molecule visualization: Closely related to the protein-ligand visualization, but focused on interactivity with the small molecule in particular.  
+* Task progress visualization: Connect our task progress backend to graph visualization libraries such as Cytoscape or vis.js network.  
+* Alchemical network visualization: This combines a network visualization component (similar to the task progress) with the small molecule visualization component to illustrate how a tool like [Open Free Energy](https://openfree.energy) transforms molecules as part of its scientific work.
+
+**Web interfaces**
+
+You’ll also work with our backend developers to put together simple web-based interfaces for small scale compute. These will act as a showcase of the reusable components, and you’ll also help us set up a good input interface. Web interfaces we’re considering include:
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+* Protein structure prediction using [OpenFold](https://openfold.io/)  
+* Small molecular parametrization using [Open Force Field](https://openforcefield.org)  
+* Atom mapping for transformations using [Open Free Energy](https://openfree.energy)
+
+### You might be a good fit if you…
+
+* Build modern web UIs comfortably in **TypeScript** that interface with backends written in **Python**  
+* Have experience developing front-ends that interface with **serverless cloud** backends  
+* Are comfortable collaborating on platforms such as **GitHub**  
+* Like to write readable, easy-to-browse **documentation** for the tools you build  
+* Can do pragmatic technical research: compare options, prototype, recommend, and then ship  
+* Enjoy collaborating in the open: clear PRs, good commit messages, iterative review
+
+### Engagement Details
+
+* Contract basis: hours/week are flexible; although this particular contract has a hard stop after September 2026\.  
+* Fully remote: OMSF is a remote organization. Most work is asynchronous, with occasional synchronous check-ins at times friendly for continental US time zones.
+
+### How to Apply
+
+Fill in [this form](https://forms.gle/CBJJHNPriY1syn8N9). Be sure to include your resume, cover letter, and links to any examples of your work.