Design Engineer (Founding Role)

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Base pay range

$200,000.00/yr - $300,000.00/yr

We're looking for a F ounding Design Engineer to lead the creation of powerful, user-friendly interfaces for LLM infrastructure platform. This hybrid role blends product design and front-end engineering, giving you full ownership of our open-source UI, a central hub for managing ML workflows such as observability, fine-tuning, and evaluation.
Think of it as building the AWS Console for the machine learning era. This is a hands-on opportunity to design and ship impactful products in the open-source community, while also expanding your expertise into areas like distributed systems, backend infrastructure, or machine learning, depending on your interests.
Key Responsibilities

• Own and evolve our open-source interface from concept to production
• Design user experiences and workflows tailored for technical ML users
• Build scalable, modular front-end code using modern frameworks (e.g., React)
• Iterate quickly based on feedback and usage, focusing on speed and polish
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and ML teams to shape our roadmap
  

Requirements

• Fluency in both design and code, from prototyping in Figma to shipping clean React components
• Strong product intuition with a deep focus on UX, developer experience, and interface clarity
• High attention to detail and pride in delivering elegant, fast, and functional UIs
• A bias for action, you’re energized by building, testing, and iterating quickly
• A growth mindset and curiosity for areas like ML tooling, backend systems, or dev infrastructure
  

Why Join

• Competitive salary with founding equity options
• Flexible working environment and supportive, open culture
• Opportunities for rapid professional development and leadership growth
• Direct influence over our product, processes, and company vision
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and unique problem spaces
  

How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV and a short portfolio highlighting your design engineering experience, your approach to solving complex product challenges, and a brief statement about why you’re excited by an early-stage, founding team role. We review applications as they are received and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Skills: design,code,infrastructure,modular code development,ml,product design,react,machine learning,hands on,figma,ui/ux design,user experience (ux),front-end engineering,building,english

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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