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    Applied Labs

    Technology

    Design Engineer

    New York City, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time$150k – $250k / yearPosted 1mo ago
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    Job description

    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).

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    Applied Labs

    Applied Labs is a company focused on developing innovative solutions.

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