Founding Design Engineer
Palo Alto
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Remote · US only
- Visa
- Sponsors visas
Not stated in the posting: salary.
Open. First seen 4 November 2026.
About the role
About the Role
Join a small, early-stage consumer apps team as a Founding Design Engineer. You will own an app end to end, shaping its design and implementation and helping it improve after launch.
What You'll Do
- Build features from initial sketches through mobile release.
- Create polished, native-feeling screens and interactions, including motion and haptics.
- Develop product loops that encourage users to return.
- Review product data and speak with users to decide what to improve or remove.
- Stay involved with the product after launch and iterate based on what you learn.
What We're Looking For
- Experience building and shipping consumer mobile apps with real users, ideally with work available to inspect in an app store or similar.
- Experience owning an app across design, implementation, data, and release.
- Ability to create visual and interaction designs and implement them in code.
- Experience with Flutter, Dart, Swift, or Kotlin, and familiarity with Firebase and TypeScript.
- Experience building products in a startup environment and independently moving work forward without detailed specifications.
- Ability to use product data and user conversations to guide decisions after launch.
Compensation & Benefits
Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in Palo Alto, California, United States. Relocation to Palo Alto is an option.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 181 open in Engineering. 115 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
LLM (87 of 181), TypeScript (86 of 181), React (74 of 181), Python (70 of 181), Machine Learning (43 of 181), Supabase (37 of 181), PostgreSQL (35 of 181)
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- Research Engineer, Synthetic Data posted Nov 4
- GTM Engineer posted Nov 4
- Forward Deployed Research Engineer posted Nov 4
- Founding Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision (Object Detection) posted Nov 4
- Senior Robotic Systems Engineer posted Nov 4
- Founding Engineer posted Nov 4
- Founding Hardware Engineer posted Nov 4
- Forward Deployment Engineer posted Nov 4
- US Founding Engineer posted Nov 4
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Nov 4
- Founding Product Engineer posted Nov 4
- Lead Product Designer posted Nov 4
- Founding Engineer, AI/ML posted Nov 4
- Product Engineer posted Nov 4
- Founding Software Engineer posted Nov 4
- Member of Technical Staff posted Nov 4
- Founding Engineer posted Nov 4
- Founding Engineer posted Nov 4
- Founding Member of Technical Staff posted Nov 4
- Senior Machine Learning Developer posted Nov 3
- Agent Product Manager posted Nov 3
- Product Designer, Freelance / Fractional posted Nov 3
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Nov 3
- Product Engineer posted Nov 3
- Senior Platform Software Engineer posted Nov 3
- Founding Engineer, Applied AI posted Nov 3
- Senior Full-Stack Developer (Backend Focus) posted Nov 3
- Founding Engineer posted Nov 3
- Founding Product Designer/Engineer posted Nov 3
- Founding Engineer, AI and Geometry / CAD posted Nov 3
- Founding Product Engineer posted Nov 3
- Senior Solutions Engineer posted Nov 3
- Lead Data Platform Engineer posted Nov 3
- Founding Engineer, Computer Vision & Robotics posted Nov 3
- Founding Product Designer posted Nov 3
- Founding Product & Brand Designer posted Nov 2
- Senior Product Engineer posted Nov 2
- AI Infrastructure / Product Engineer posted Nov 2
- Senior Product Designer posted Nov 2
- Senior Platform Engineer posted Nov 2
- Software Engineer, Voice AI / Backend posted Nov 2
- Founding Engineer posted Nov 2
- GTM Engineer posted Nov 2
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Nov 2
- Founding Engineering Lead posted Nov 2
- Backend Engineer posted Nov 2
- Robotics Engineer, Autonomous Systems posted Nov 2
- Member of Technical Staff posted Nov 1
- Technical Sales / Business Development Manager posted Nov 1
- Robot Learning Engineer posted Nov 1
- QA Engineer posted Nov 1
- Product Engineer posted Nov 1
- AI-Native Founding Chief of Staff posted Nov 1
- Founding Product Engineer posted Nov 1
- Senior Founding Product Engineer posted Nov 1
- AI-Native Founding GTM Lead posted Nov 1
- Software Engineer posted Nov 1
- Product Engineer posted Nov 1
- Technical Strategist posted Oct 31
- Member of Technical Staff, Agents posted Oct 31
- Mid-Level AI Engineer posted Oct 31
- Senior Member of Technical Staff posted Oct 31
- Founding Applied AI Engineer posted Oct 31
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 31
- Founding Product Engineer posted Oct 31
- Agent Engineer posted Oct 31
- Product Engineer posted Oct 31
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 31
- Product Engineer posted Oct 31
- Member of Technical Staff posted Oct 31
- Founding Product Designer posted Oct 31
- Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) posted Oct 31
- GTM Associate, RL & Physical AI posted Oct 31
- Backend / Systems Engineer, Agent Infrastructure posted Oct 31
- Product Engineer (Consumer, Design-Heavy) posted Oct 31
- Senior Product Manager, SMB Platform posted Oct 31
- Senior Product Manager, Banking posted Oct 31
- Mid-Level Machine Learning Engineer posted Oct 31
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Platform posted Oct 31
- Senior Robotics Software Engineer posted Oct 31
- Founding Machine Learning Engineer posted Oct 30
- Founding Technical Partnerships Lead posted Oct 30
- Founding Software Engineer posted Oct 30
- Senior Product Designer posted Oct 30
- Technical Product Engineer/Manager posted Oct 30
- Founding Engineer, Infrastructure posted Oct 30
- Founding Backend Engineer posted Oct 30
- Founding Engineer (Full Stack) posted Oct 30
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 30
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 30
- Software Engineer, Foundation posted Oct 30
- Senior Mechanical Engineer posted Oct 30
- Mid-Level Product Engineer posted Oct 30
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 30
- Product Engineer (Software Engineer) posted Oct 30
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 30
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 29
- Talent AI Operator posted Oct 29
- Senior Android Software Engineer posted Oct 29
- GTM Engineer posted Oct 29
- Senior Fullstack Engineer posted Oct 29
- Platform Engineer, Biotech posted Oct 29
- Technical Writer posted Oct 29
- Lead Research Engineer, Data Quality posted Oct 29
- Principal AI Architect posted Oct 29
- Founding Engineer (Full-Stack/AI) posted Oct 29
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 29
- Full-Stack Software Engineer, Design posted Oct 29
- Principal Robotics Software Engineer posted Oct 29
- Senior Robotics Engineer, Controls posted Oct 29
- Senior Optical Engineer, R&D posted Oct 29
- Senior ML Engineer, Perception posted Oct 29
- Founding Data Engineer, Pricing and Comps posted Oct 28
- GTM Engineer posted Aug 10
- Founding AI Engineer posted Aug 5
- Senior Product Manager, Growth posted Aug 1
- Technical Product Marketing Manager, Mechanical Engineering posted Aug 1
- Pricing Architect posted Aug 1
- Founding Design Engineer posted Aug 1
- Founding Full Stack Engineer posted Aug 1
- Founding AI Engineer posted Aug 1
- Founding Product Engineer posted Aug 1
- Founding AI Engineer posted Aug 1
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Jul 18
- Founding Engineer: Agent Infrastructure posted Jun 7
- Frontend Engineer posted Jun 3
- Head of Engineering posted Jun 3
- Senior AI/ML Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer - Full Stack posted Jun 3
- Product Engineer (Software Engineer) posted Jun 3
- Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer posted Jun 3
- Senior Android Software Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Software Engineer posted Jun 3
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform) posted Jun 3
- Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding Customer Engineer) posted Jun 3
- Software Engineer - Full Stack posted Jun 3
- Backend-Leaning Product Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer Intern posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Full Stack Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer posted Jun 3
- Frontend Engineer - Cluster OS Platform posted Jun 3
- Medical AI Researcher posted Jun 3
- Staff Engineer - Agentic AI posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer posted Jun 3
- AI/ML Engineer posted Jun 3
- Member of Technical Staff posted Jun 3
- Founding Product Engineer posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer (Full-Stack) posted Jun 3
- AI Engineer (Mid-Level) posted Jun 3
- Applied AI Engineer (Matching & Search) posted Jun 3
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted May 31
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Member of Technical Staff / Fullstack Engineer posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer – SF Hackerhouse (Visa sponsored; $3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
- Founding Engineer ($3M pre-seed) posted Mar 23
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From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.
Posting history
Reposted once since 28 October 2026: a posting for this role in Palo Alto was taken down and the role was posted again.
- 4 November 2026 – open (this posting)
- 28 October 2026 – closed 3 November 2026
Salary context
8 other open postings titled Founding Design Engineer state a salary: median USD 145,000 to USD 227,500 a year.
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