Design Engineer

About us

At Applied Labs, we’re building the platform for reliable AI agents that automate complex work. We are primarily an in-person company based in New York City.

Why this could be a fit

Trajectory: 10x growth in 4 months; strong momentum

Ownership: High autonomy; own outcomes end to end

Challenging problems: Build high-craft experiences that explain complex AI simply

Team quality: Early team from Harvard, MIT, Gemini, Meta

Speed and taste: Move fast without lowering the bar

What you’ll do

Own the Applied Labs web and brand surfaces from concept to production, including marketing site, landing pages, launch pages, and lightweight interactive storytelling

Design and build directly in code, translating high-fidelity design into production-quality UI with excellent typography, layout, motion, accessibility, and performance

Create reusable components and templates that raise consistency and speed across the website and brand experiences

Build and maintain a high-quality pipeline for on-brand design assets, including images, short-form video, motion graphics, and illustrations

Use modern AI tools to accelerate output and iteration, including coding agents and generative image and video models, while maintaining a strong human taste and QA bar

Partner closely with founders in NYC to set the quality bar for how Applied Labs looks, feels, and communicates, and to execute quickly on new narratives, experiments, and launches

Establish the standard for future hires through your documentation, component patterns, asset specs, and creative workflow

You might thrive in this role if you

Have shipped polished, customer-facing web experiences and can point to real work in production

Are fluent in both design and frontend implementation, and you prefer eliminating handoffs by owning the whole loop

Care deeply about craft details, including typography, spacing, responsiveness, motion, and interaction feel

Can prototype quickly, validate with real feedback, and iterate without losing coherence or quality

Use AI tools effectively to speed up coding and creative production, and you can critique and refine outputs rather than accepting them as-is

Are product-minded and narrative-driven, and you ask what the user needs to understand, feel, and do next

Prefer in-person collaboration and fast decision cycles

Bonus points

Experience building or extending a design system in code

Comfort with animation and micro-interactions, including motion guidelines and implementation

Strong writing and editorial taste for landing page messaging and information architecture

Experience producing brand assets using generative image and video workflows while keeping results consistent and on-brand

Compensation & benefits

Competitive salary + significant equity

Flexible (Unlimited) Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family

Fancy lunches, plus snacks, coffee, or boba

Relocation support to NYC if needed

Apply

Send a short note, portfolio links, and your LinkedIn/GitHub to [email protected] (or apply on our site).