UI/UX Design Engineer for AI Workspace

Meetkay; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Job summary

YakLabs in New York City is seeking a frontend designer who designs in code and ships a polished, scalable UI for ambitious AI workflows.

You’ll own the design system, define interaction patterns from onboarding to daily use, and craft progressive disclosure that makes power accessible without intimidation. This founding-team role emphasizes ownership and high impact, with meaningful equity.

Qualifications

• First principles thinking applied to product problems in real time.
• Strong ownership with end-to-end accountability.
• Curiosity about AI tooling and evolving agent-based workflows.
• Ability to build scalable systems that multiply team impact.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the UI end to end, from onboarding to daily use.
• Define interaction patterns that gracefully scale in complexity.
• Own the design system: components, motion, micro-interactions, visual language.

Skills

First principles thinking

High agency and ownership

Deep curiosity about AI tooling

Build compounding leverage

Tools

Figma

Job description

YakLabs in New York City is seeking a frontend designer who designs in code and ships a polished, scalable UI for ambitious AI workflows.

You’ll own the design system, define interaction patterns from onboarding to daily use, and craft progressive disclosure that makes power accessible without intimidation. This founding-team role emphasizes ownership and high impact, with meaningful equity.