Helium Verified
Blockchain, IoT, Telecommunications, Wireless, Web3
Founding Design Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOnsiteFull TimeEntry-level (exp-based)$150,000–$200,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Helium is seeking a Founding Design Engineer to own the design of their AI Experience generation product. This role involves designing and implementing user flows, generating and analyzing experiments, and building a visual identity and design system. The ideal candidate is a designer-who-codes or an engineer with strong design taste, possessing 1-4+ years of experience in product design or frontend engineering with expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern CSS. Responsibilities include working directly with founders, talking to customers weekly, and contributing to team building. The role is full-time, in-person, 6 days a week in San Francisco.
**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 in-person in our SF office 6 days per week (Mon-Sat). 🔴**
# **What You’ll Do**
**Own 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 experiences
* Running experiments and automatically analyzing results
* Receiving and critiquing auto-generated experiences
* Help engineers think through UX challenges and critique / uplevel design generally
* Build out a visual identity and a design system
* Work directly with the founders to help build out our team.
* Talk to customers every week about how to simplify and improve our product
* Wearing a lot more hats than listed above 👷.
# **What We’re Looking For**
**You 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 implementation
* Deep expertise in modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript, modern CSS)
* Excellent design taste and a keen eye for detail
* Track record of making complex user flows intuitive (Making “The simple simple and the complex possible”)
# **Nice To Haves**
* Experience designing interfaces for AI products or ML-powered features
* Experience optimizing frontend performance and reducing latency
* Experience with brand, visual design, or creating design systems.
* Founder experience
# **Reasons This Role Might Not Be A Fit**
* You’d like to spend weeks perfecting every experience
* You 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 stack:**
* Next.js (React/Typescript), Zustand
* AI (vercel) SDK
* Tailwind/Shadcn
* Supabase
* Clickhouse
* Golang/[**Fly.io**](http://Fly.io)
* Mobile: Swift, Flutter, Expo, Android
Requires Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar fields.
* **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 in-person in our SF office 6 days per week (Mon-Sat). 🔴**
# **What You’ll Do**
**Own 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 experiences
* Running experiments and automatically analyzing results
* Receiving and critiquing auto-generated experiences
* Help engineers think through UX challenges and critique / uplevel design generally
* Build out a visual identity and a design system
* Work directly with the founders to help build out our team.
* Talk to customers every week about how to simplify and improve our product
* Wearing a lot more hats than listed above 👷.
# **What We’re Looking For**
**You 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 implementation
* Deep expertise in modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript, modern CSS)
* Excellent design taste and a keen eye for detail
* Track record of making complex user flows intuitive (Making “The simple simple and the complex possible”)
# **Nice To Haves**
* Experience designing interfaces for AI products or ML-powered features
* Experience optimizing frontend performance and reducing latency
* Experience with brand, visual design, or creating design systems.
* Founder experience
# **Reasons This Role Might Not Be A Fit**
* You’d like to spend weeks perfecting every experience
* You 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 stack:**
* Next.js (React/Typescript), Zustand
* AI (vercel) SDK
* Tailwind/Shadcn
* Supabase
* Clickhouse
* Golang/[**Fly.io**](http://Fly.io)
* Mobile: Swift, Flutter, Expo, Android
Requires Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar fields.
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