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# Founding Design Engineer

- **Company:** Ai, Inc
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Digital Assets, TypeScript, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Build Management, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/founding-designer-wilsonai-8118825

## About the Role

* Exceptional aesthetic judgement and attention to detail
 * Strong frontend engineering skills, particularly in React and TypeScript
 * Product intuition for complex, professional grade interfaces
 * Sharp instincts for AI driven UX and how to present LLM outputs cleanly
 * Deep care for craft and a desire to build something genuinely beautiful
 * Comfortable working directly with customers and incorporating feedback quickly
 * High agency, self directed, and comfortable owning outcomes end to end
 * Ex founders and startup oriented engineers are especially welcome

## Description

We are looking for an exceptional Founding Design Engineer with outstanding aesthetic taste and strong frontend engineering skills.

You will work very closely with our CTO, interface directly with customers, and act as the founding tastemaker for WilsonAI. You will shape how the product looks, feels, and behaves across every surface, from core product workflows to marketing and presentation assets.

This is a hands on role with end to end ownership. You will move quickly, get deep into the details, and be responsible for taking ideas from concept through to polished production. This role is demanding and high impact., * Design and build polished, high quality product interfaces using React and TypeScript

 * Own complex, information dense workflows such as document review and AI assisted contract flows
 * Craft smooth, intuitive AI native interfaces that make LLM powered features feel fast and trustworthy
 * Work directly with customers to understand pain points and validate design decisions
 * Own the full design to implementation pipeline, from early concepts to shipped features
 * Act as the aesthetic bar setter across the product and all digital assets


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