Founding Design Engineer - AI Interfaces & Systems

BotBot; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BotBot in San Francisco is hiring a founding design engineer to own the experience of BotBot and the system we run the company on. The role blends thoughtful UX with implementation, requiring you to ship production code and create reusable components for AI-driven workflows.

You will design interfaces for agents, balance dense information with clear hierarchy, and work across research, interaction, and implementation without a separate handoff. Strong portfolio required.

Qualifications

• Deep UX and UI experience with implementation experience using AI tools.
• Portfolio demonstrating shipped interfaces and product thinking.
• Ability to ship production code without separate handoff.
• Comfort translating complex agent workflows into intuitive UI.

Responsibilities

• design and build interfaces for starting, steering, reviewing, and approving agent work
• make dense operational information understandable via design systems and visual hierarchy
• design behavior surfaces and experiments where teams shape AI actions
• turn ambitious visual references into working product with efficient reproduction
• build reusable components and patterns while preserving essential details
• ship designs as production code with agents doing heavy lifting and your review

Skills

UX design

UI design

Design systems

Implementation with AI tools

Tools

TypeScript

React

CSS

Job description

BotBot in San Francisco is hiring a founding design engineer to own the experience of BotBot and the system we run the company on. The role blends thoughtful UX with implementation, requiring you to ship production code and create reusable components for AI-driven workflows.

You will design interfaces for agents, balance dense information with clear hierarchy, and work across research, interaction, and implementation without a separate handoff. Strong portfolio required.