Founding Design Engineer

Dryft, Inc

$120K — $140K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Engineer-turned-designer or vice versa, with an understanding of intuitive interfaces.
  • Experience shipping production features end-to-end; stronger in front-end but capable in back-end.
  • Strong product sense and enjoyment in direct customer engagement.
  • Detail-oriented with a passion for design and best-in-class products.
  • Willingness to work onsite in San Francisco with support for relocation and visa.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with CEO, CTO, and customers to design user-friendly interfaces for AI Agents.
  • Transform complex industrial data into intuitive and transparent user experiences.
  • Ensure high-trust experiences that empower users to make quick decisions.
  • Iterate on designs based on customer feedback and usability standards.
  • Stay updated on and explore best design practices in relevant industries.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work alongside a small, talented team backed by industry leaders.
  • Ability to influence and shape the company’s design direction from the ground up.
  • Support for relocation and visa for qualified candidates.
  • Engagement in diverse projects across the manufacturing sector providing impactful solutions.
Full Job Description
THE ROLE

As Founding Design Engineer, you'll work directly with our CEO, CTO, and customers to build magical user interfaces for our AI Agents. Your mission is to make the complex intuitive, transforming dense industrial data and decision logic into transparent, high-trust experiences that empower users to act with confidence and speed.

YOU
  • Are an engineer turned designer, or vice versa, or always have been the one on the team understanding the value of easy-to-use interfaces.
  • Shipped production features end-to-end. While stronger in FE, you can handle BE too.
  • Have a strong product sense and enjoy working directly with customers
  • You obsess over design, pay attention to details and are always the first to explore best-in-class products
  • Are ready to work onsite in SF (we support relocation & visa)


TECH STACK
  • FE (TypeScript): React, Chakra UI v3, TanStack Router, TanStack Query, Vite
  • BE (Python): FastAPI with Pydantic v2, SQLModel, PostgreSQL with pgvector, dagster
  • AI: Pydantic AI, Langfuse

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