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# Founding Design Engineer

- **Company:** Dryft LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Network Routers, ReactJS, Fastapi, Webpack
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/founding-design-engineer-san-francisco-ca--2a322644-3836-4dc0-b1a9-133df1678c81

## About the Role

* 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

Skills:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Car Racing, Detail Oriented, Facebook, Fullbright Scholarship, Manufacturing Operations, Technical/Engineering Design, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)

## Description

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.


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