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Founding Design Engineer

Helium · tryhelium.com
San FranciscoOn-site1+ yrs
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The job in short

Founding design engineer designing and building AI experience generation product UI.

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Details

Found
24 d ago · posted 2026-01-08
Location as listed
San Francisco, California, US
Role
Product / UX Designer
Source
The company’s own careers site

Full description

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 🔴 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 • Mobile: Swift, Flutter, Expo, Android Requires Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar fields.

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