Founding Design Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 200000 - 250000
Posted on:
2 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Client-backed startup building the next generation of productivity tools what Claude Code did for engineers were doing for every knowledge worker. We have paying users and are looking for a world-class Design Engineer to own our product experience from day one.
THE ROLE
As our Founding Design Engineer you will:
Own product design and frontend development end-to-end
Ship production-level React code alongside design work in Figma
Shape the UX of human-agent collaboration in AI
Work directly with the founding team
Drive decisions on product direction and company culture
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR
Experience:
26 years of relevant experience (no recent grads)
Designer who can code OR frontend engineer with strong design sense
Proven ability to ship production-level React Figma work
Background in design school or computer science preferred
Mindset:
Product-minded and pragmatic
Strong bias to shipping over perfection
Experience building 0-to-1 products
Hands-on builder mentality
Ideal Background:
Former design or frontend leads at high-quality product or productivity startups
Bonus: Experience with AI/LLM products
NOT A FIT
Designers or engineers without production-level coding experience alongside design
Pure enterprise/B2B backgrounds (sales-led non-product driven)
Senior leadership or IC roles without hands-on building
Recent graduates
Candidates without 0-to-1 product experience
WHY THIS ROLE
Youll be the sole design function full ownership from day one
Huge UX challenge: designing human agent collaboration in AI
Founding team with deep expertise
Real product with real users and proven traction
COMPENSATION & DETAILS
Salary: $200000$250000
Equity: 12%
Location: San Francisco CA (4 days in-office)
Visa Sponsorship: Not available
