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Helium (YC S24) · 21 hours ago

Founding Design Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$150K/yr - $200K/yr

1+ years exp

Helium is building Self-Improving Software that utilizes AI to enhance software experiences and increase revenue. The Founding Design Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing user flows, collaborating with engineers on UX challenges, and engaging with customers to improve the product.

B2BDeveloper ToolsMachine Learning

No H1B

Responsibilities

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 👷

Qualification

Frontend technologiesProduct designUser experience designAI product designDesign systemsDesign tasteCustomer interactionTeam collaboration

Required

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')

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

Requires Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar fields

Preferred

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

Company

Helium (YC S24)

Helium automatically generates and tests new paywalls to improve your app's conversion. Backed by Y Combinator, Google & leaders from OpenAI and Uber.

Founded in 2024

San Francisco, California, USA

2-10 employees