Founding Design Engineer - AI UI & Prototyping Lead

Oakwell Hampton Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Oakwell Hampton Group invites a Founding Design Engineer to shape the next generation of an AI-focused lab in New York. You will cover the full product lifecycle, crafting interfaces, prototypes, and production-ready front-end code.

The role requires blending pixel-perfect visual design with robust coding discipline, using React, TypeScript, and a deep Figma toolkit, in a fast-paced, in-person startup environment.

Qualifications

• 2–7 years of experience shipping production-grade front-ends in React and TypeScript.
• Strong visual design/UX thinking with shipped code or interactive work.
• Deep mastery of Figma, including auto-layout, components, and prototyping features.

Responsibilities

• Craft UI systems for AI-native surfaces and contribute to a design system from scratch.
• Define UX strategy and interaction patterns for the product.
• Build high-fidelity prototypes (Figma, code-based, or hybrid) to test ideas.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Frontend development

Figma

UI prototyping

Design systems

Animation/visuals

Tools

WebGL

Shader effects

Spline

Rive

After Effects

Framer

Job description

Oakwell Hampton Group invites a Founding Design Engineer to shape the next generation of an AI-focused lab in New York. You will cover the full product lifecycle, crafting interfaces, prototypes, and production-ready front-end code.

The role requires blending pixel-perfect visual design with robust coding discipline, using React, TypeScript, and a deep Figma toolkit, in a fast-paced, in-person startup environment.