Job alert: Meta Quest’s top sports game Gym Class seeks founding UX engineer with $170K-$240K salary

Gym Class, the top-rated social VR sports game on Meta Quest, is hiring a founding UX Design Engineer to develop their upcoming mobile web app and web surfaces within their flagship VR experience. The role comes with significant equity and the opportunity to shape the user experience for a platform that has achieved millions of downloads, over 79,000 reviews, and a 4.9-star rating.

What you should know: This is a senior-level position requiring 6+ years of experience, combining design expertise with front-end engineering skills to own key UX surfaces end-to-end.
• The role involves crafting designs in Figma and building production-grade UI with React, Node.js, and CSS.
• Candidates must be strong in both design (Figma proficiency) and front-end development (React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS).
• The position requires US citizenship or visa status and offers $170K-$240K salary plus 0.10%-0.50% equity.

Key responsibilities: The founding UX Design Engineer will drive the web roadmap across multiple platforms and user touchpoints.
• Ship end-to-end features from wireframes to interactive Figma prototypes to production React/Node applications.
• Build and maintain a design system with reusable components for consistency across mobile web and VR web surfaces.
• Optimize for performance with fast loads and 60fps interactions on both mobile and VR platforms.
• Run analytics and usability tests to iterate based on real player behavior.

About Gym Class: The company has raised over $8M from top-tier investors and secured major sports licensing deals.
• Investors include Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator, the NBA, Golden State Warriors, and NBA players like Kevin Durant and Lonzo Ball.
• The platform launched with basketball and is rapidly expanding into more sports categories.
• Recent licensing partnerships include the NBA (2023) and MLB (2025).
• Founded in 2021 by Justin Hubert and Paul Katsen, the Los Angeles-based company has grown to 18 team members.

Why this matters: This role represents a rare opportunity to join a proven VR gaming company at a critical growth phase, with the chance to shape user experience across emerging platforms while working with substantial backing from sports and technology industry leaders.