Design Engineer Intern: Build AI-Agent Interfaces

Dedalus Labs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship

In-person in San Francisco

Job summary

Dedalus Labs in San Francisco is seeking a Design Engineer Intern to help build the interface for the AI agent platform. This is a year-round, full-time internship lasting about three months per season with rolling applications.

You will design across interaction and frontend, turn ideas into polished experiences, and work closely with engineers for real ownership. The internship is paid and in-person in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• Strong ability with React and TypeScript.
• Experience with frameworks such as Next.js, Vite, or Remix.
• Fluency with AI coding tools.
• Strong instincts for responsive design and motion.
• Thoughtful use of styling systems such as Tailwind CSS.
• Good judgment around RSC, streaming, loading states, and perceived performance.
• Evidence that you care about accessibility and Core Web Vitals.
• Modern CSS you are a little smug about.
• A strong personal website demonstrating your taste and craft.
• A public GitHub showing how you think and build.
• Clear evidence of personal ownership over the work you present.
• The ability to explain your decisions, tradeoffs, failed approaches, and hardest technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build interfaces for AI-agent infrastructure.
• Work across interaction design, visual design, and frontend engineering.
• Turn ambiguous product ideas into thoughtful, polished experiences.
• Build responsive, accessible, and high-performance interfaces.
• Prototype new interactions using modern browser and rendering technologies.
• Contribute production-quality work rather than disposable intern projects.
• Work closely with Dedalus engineers and receive direct, rigorous feedback.
• Own a meaningful project from initial thinking through implementation and refinement.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Vite

Remix

Responsive design

Motion design

Tailwind CSS

AI coding tools

Accessible design

Core Web Vitals

GitHub

Tools

Three.js

GSAP

WebGL

React Three Fiber

Vite+

View Transitions

WebGPU

Job description

Dedalus Labs in San Francisco is seeking a Design Engineer Intern to help build the interface for the AI agent platform. This is a year-round, full-time internship lasting about three months per season with rolling applications.

You will design across interaction and frontend, turn ideas into polished experiences, and work closely with engineers for real ownership. The internship is paid and in-person in San Francisco.