Founding UX Architect

GuruLink; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative technology firm is seeking a Founding Architect focused on User Experience. This hybrid role involves building a metadata-driven UI layer and designing intuitive workflows. The successful candidate will combine design and development skills to define enterprise UX in an AI-driven context. Special perks include competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits in a collaborative, hybrid environment. Join to shape the product vision and front-end architecture from day one.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity package

Health, dental, vision benefits

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building production web applications with user experience front of mind.
• Development skills, ideally using TypeScript and React (hooks, state management).
• Solid understanding of accessibility and inclusive design (WCAG).

Responsibilities

• Model-driven interfaces: Build production-ready screens based on entity metadata.
• Design system: Create component library, patterns, and guidelines for UI consistency.
• Implement role-aware navigation and dynamic forms.

Skills

Hybrid approach - designer + developer

Building production web applications

Development skills using TypeScript and React

Experience with LLMs and AI-driven tools

Strong design sensibility

Experience with design systems

Understanding of accessibility and inclusive design

Job description

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Our client is creating a new category of enterprise platform — one where AI and deterministic systems work together to define how business software is built and used. The core technology already exists: a working compiler, runtime, and reference implementations prove the idea. What comes next is turning that foundation into a product that feels powerful, intuitive, and human.

This is not about layering a pretty UI on top of complexity. The interface itself is part of the system.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Founding Architect focused on User Experience, you’ll own how people actually interact with this platform. You’ll design and build a metadata-driven UI layer where interfaces are generated from business models rather than handcrafted for every use case.

Your job is to turn abstract, semantic definitions into clear, usable workflows: forms, tables, dashboards, and transitions that feel obvious to end users—even in highly complex enterprise domains.

This is a hybrid role in the truest sense: deep product thinking, real design taste, and serious front-end engineering. The UI is a first-class output of the platform, and you’ll define what “enterprise UX” looks like in an AI-native world.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

• Model-driven interfaces: Build the rendering layer that transforms entity metadata into production-ready screens: forms, tables, dashboards, and workflows from a single definition.
• Design system: Create the component library, patterns, and guidelines that ensure consistency, accessibility, and clarity across all generated surfaces.
• Adaptive navigation & forms: Implement role-aware navigation and dynamic forms that respond to permissions, entity state, validation rules, and business context.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

First 90 Days

• Learn the platform’s entity model, metadata structure, and generation patterns
• Design and ship a role-driven navigation framework and application “home” experience
• Build core dynamic components (forms, tables) that render directly from metadata
• Establish the foundation of the design system (tokens, primitives, patterns)

First Year

• Deliver the full UX generation layer integrated with the runtime
• Build advanced workflow components (state-aware forms, transitions, approvals)
• Implement real-time interactions and optimistic updates
• Create a great developer experience for extending and customizing generated UIs

WHY JOIN

• Generated, not handcrafted – You’re building interfaces that emerge from models, multiplying your impact across every workflow on the platform.
• Enterprise UX that doesn’t feel like enterprise UX – Prove that business software can be elegant, fast, and humane.
• Founding impact – Shape the product vision, design language, and front-end architecture from day one, with equity that reflects your role in building the company.

Special Perks

• Salary: Competitive, based on experience
• Equity: Meaningful early-team package
• Benefits: Health, dental, vision (Canada)
• Location: Hybrid in Toronto (2–3 days/week in office)

Must Have Skills

MUST HAVE:

• Hybrid approach - designer + developer
• Hands-on experience building production web applications with user experience front of mind.
• Development skills, ideally using TypeScript and React (hooks, state management, performance, testing)
• Experience working with LLMs and AI-driven tools
• Strong design sensibility—you can translate messy requirements into intuitive flows
• Experience building or deeply contributing to a design system
• Solid understanding of accessibility and inclusive design (WCAG)

Nice to Have Skills

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with metadata-driven interfaces or form builders
• Background in enterprise products (ERP, CRM, workflow tools)
• Familiarity with state machines or workflow visualization
• Experience with modern routing patterns (e.g., data routers)
• Exposure to real-time or collaborative systems (WebSockets, CRDTs)