Founding Design Engineer

Helium is building Self-Improving Software: AI that automatically generates & tests new software experiences to lift revenue. We’re…Talent-dense (8 people, 6 engineers, 75% ex-founders)Well-funded ($6M from Google & Leaders from OpenAI)Fast-growing (Serving tens of millions of AI experiences per day for top consumer companies).AI has created a once-in-history opportunity, and we’re here to win, because of that…🔴 We work hard — In-Office Monday–Friday + often push through weekends 🔴What You’ll DoOwn design across Helium’s entire AI Experience generation product, including… Design and implement end-to-end user flows including…Using Helium’s AI editor to generate new in-app experiencesRunning experiments and automatically analyzing resultsReceiving and critiquing auto-generated experiencesHelp engineers think through UX challenges and critique / uplevel design generallyBuild out a visual identity and a design systemWork directly with the founders to help build out our team.Talk to customers every week about how to simplify and improve our productWearing a lot more hats than listed above 👷.What We’re Looking ForYou should be a designer-who-codes (or an engineer with taste)1-4+ years as a product designer, frontend engineer, or similar role combining design and implementationDeep expertise in modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript, modern CSS)Excellent design taste and a keen eye for detailTrack record of making complex user flows intuitive (Making “The simple simple and the complex possible”)Nice To HavesExperience designing interfaces for AI products or ML-powered featuresExperience optimizing frontend performance and reducing latencyExperience with brand, visual design, or creating design systems.Founder experienceReasons This Role Might Not Be A FitYou’d like to spend weeks perfecting every experienceYou avoid Cursor or AI coding tools.You don’t want to talk to customers or figure out the end-to-end plan for features.Requirements🔴 Note 🔴This is a full-time, in-person role based in San Francisco - we work from the office 6 days a week (Mon-Sat)You must be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate before starting.We require US work authorization, but are open to O-1 visa sponsorship for truly exceptional candidates.Our StackNext.js (React/Typescript), ZustandAI (vercel) SDKTailwind/ShadcnSupabaseClickhouseGolang/Fly.ioMobile: Swift, Flutter, Expo, AndroidRequires Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar fields.