Founding Design Engineer — Build Beautiful AI Insights

Moonfire; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (vision/dental)

Free lunch/dinners/snacks

Yearly learning stipend

Yearly team offsite

Job summary

Weave — a YC-backed startup — seeks a Founding Design Engineer to translate complex engineering data into simple, beautiful interfaces. You’ll own the design-technical interface, shaping systems and frontend standards as the team moves from early to rapid growth.

You’ll collaborate closely with Andrew (CTO) and Adam (CEO) to mentor, own ownership from day one, and ship delightful experiences that empower millions of engineers and leaders to understand engineering work more clearly.

Qualifications

• You are proficient in Figma and front-end workflows.
• You can build and evolve design systems that scale.
• You communicate clearly with engineers, product, and leadership.
• You show empathy for users and engineers alike in decisions.
• You are resilient and able to navigate startup ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own the intersection of design and engineering to turn data into delightful interfaces.
• Build and maintain design systems and frontend standards.
• Partner with leadership to align product vision with technical constraints.
• Move quickly to ship thoughtful, scalable features that engineers love.

Skills

Figma

Frontend coding

Design systems

strong communication

empathy

grit

Tools

React

CSS

Job description

Weave — a YC-backed startup — seeks a Founding Design Engineer to translate complex engineering data into simple, beautiful interfaces. You’ll own the design-technical interface, shaping systems and frontend standards as the team moves from early to rapid growth.

You’ll collaborate closely with Andrew (CTO) and Adam (CEO) to mentor, own ownership from day one, and ship delightful experiences that empower millions of engineers and leaders to understand engineering work more clearly.