Founding Design Engineer
Helium
Self-Improving Software
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 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
- 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, Mobile: Swift, Flutter, Expo, Android
Requires Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar fields.
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