Founding Design Engineer

Position: Founding Design Engineer →
Location: New York

# Founding Design Engineer Runtime Labs builds Óra .As a Founding Design Engineer, you will help define the product language of Óra: how users create plans, commit events, revisit context, interact with model suggestions, and move through time. This role sits between product design, frontend engineering, and interaction systems.## About the Role
* Design and build core product surfaces across web and mobile
* Shape the timeline, event creation, onboarding, notes, images, and prompt interfaces
* Prototype new interaction patterns for natural language scheduling and model-grounded planning
* Translate ambiguous product ideas into clear, usable, high-quality interfaces
* Work closely with engineering on performance, polish, and implementation details
* Develop a visual and interaction system that makes Óra feel calm, fast, and trustworthy## About the Person
* Strong product taste and deep care for interface quality
* Comfortable moving between design, prototyping, and frontend implementation
* Notices small interaction details that make software feel polished
* Excited by calendars, timelines, memory, tools for thought, and AI-native interfaces
* Wants to help define the user experience of a new category from the beginning#### Interview prep
1. Casting The Office
2. Launching Careers## Location & Compensation Austin, San Francisco, or New York City preferred. We are building with an in-person bias and expect meaningful time together during the company's early formation.

Salary: $160k–$240k depending on experience, role, and location.

Equity: meaningful early-stage ownership for long-term partners.

Exceptional candidates may be considered outside this range.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every qualification.
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