Demonstrated taste evident in portfolio, prioritizing work over credentials.
Experience shipping both digital and physical products, including merch and packaging.
Proficient in design tools like Figma to create interfaces and layouts independently.
Ability to function as the sole design resource without managing a large team.
Responsibilities
Own and define the visual identity across all company touchpoints.
Treat the website and job board as products, focusing on quality and user experience.
Create appealing interfaces and merchandise that attract potential employees and customers.
Design physical products and collaborate on hardware aesthetics with external partners.
Ensure design quality remains high even when working at a fast pace.
Collaborate with the Product Lead to enhance the visual appeal of internal tools.
Benefits
Competitive pay.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with generous premiums.
$500 monthly credit for opting out of medical benefits.
$2,000 monthly housing subsidy for local employees.
Relocation assistance for moves to San Francisco or Shenzhen.
Wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health.
Daily meals provided in the office.
Unlimited budget for computing resources with ROI justification.
Unlimited access to Codex and Claude credits.
Travel opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
We're hiring someone whose job is to make everything beautiful: product, site, job board, internal tools, merch, and the way we show up in the world. Taste is the requirement. You will set what Build looks and feels like, then actually make it - including merch and physical stuff, not only Figma. Key Responsibilities
Own visual taste across product, brand, and anything a human sees
Treat the website, job board, and recruiting surfaces as products you ship, not a vendor deck
Make interfaces, artifacts, and merch that look like a company people want to join and buy from
Design merch and physical objects (and work with Shenzhen ID/ME on collection hardware CMF when taste is on the line)
Work with Product Lead and software so tools aren't ugly by default
Keep a high bar when we move fast so "shipping" doesn't mean looking cheap
You may be a good fit if you have (Must-have qualifications)
Taste is obvious in your work. Portfolio over credentials
You've shipped both digital and physical/brand (merch, packaging, environments a plus)
Enough design fluency (Figma or similar) to ship interfaces and layouts yourself
You can operate as the design function, not manage a 20-person org
Strong candidates may also have experience with (Nice-to-have qualifications)
Merch, packaging, or physical environments, not only product UI
You have been the only designer in a company and still shipped
Familiarity with factory, CMF, or hardware-adjacent objects
Experience owning a website or brand system end to end
Benefits
Competitive pay
Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
$500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
Relocation support for those moving to San Francisco (Financial District) or Shenzhen (Nanshan)
Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
Daily lunch and dinner in our office
Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
Unlimited Codex and Claude credits
Travel
How we're different
Build believes in the Bitter Lesson. By taking a general approach of learning from humans, our addressable market is all physical labor.
We are a fully in-person team in San Francisco (Financial District) and Shenzhen (Nanshan), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.
