Design Engineer

idler· Engineering
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📍 San FranciscoFullTime

About this role

About idler

idler is a frontier data research lab. We build the evals and environments that the world's leading frontier labs use to measure and train their models.

We closed on a multimillion-dollar contract with a top lab and raised a $9m seed round led by Paradigm. We are now facing more lab demand for our data than we can currently serve.

Teaching AI superhuman capabilities is a responsibility we take very seriously. Our training data comes from work that is rigorous, ethically produced, and grounded in real expertise.

About the role

As a Design Engineer at idler, you'll own the user experience for our customers and internal team. You'll be tasked with producing robust, performant applications that are a delight to view and use. Our RL environments are novel, complex artifacts that need to be easy to interact with and communicated well. You'll need a founder’s high-level thinking, a designer's taste, and an engineer's precision to succeed.

Examples of what you’ll do

  • Create a unified UI, layout and UX paradigm for inspecting and interacting with our RL environments that serves frontier labs and our internal team

  • Build a standard library and templates for our marketing materials that are beautiful and compliant with design best practices

  • Instrument and visualize our environment tracking system across hundreds of discrete steps and iterations per artifact

What we’re looking for

  • Designed and implemented of a successful, full-stack product

  • A portfolio showing your design work

  • Watched users interact with your software and quickly iterated until they loved it

  • Strong experience with a modern web app stack (React, Typescript, Node.js)

  • 2+ years of product experience

Tech stack

Typescript, React, NodeJS, Postgres, Redis, Vercel, Cursor

Details

  • In-person in San Francisco

  • Competitive salary + meaningful equity

  • Free meals in office

  • Healthcare, 401(k), 15 days of PTO per year

  • Relocation assistance

  • Small, ambitious team

This is an in-person role in San Francisco. We're a tight-knit founding team and we play to win. Join us if you like to win too.

Frequently Asked Questions

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The salary for this Design Engineer role at idler is not publicly listed. Click "Apply Now" to learn more about the compensation package on their official careers page.
Where is the Design Engineer position at idler located?
This Design Engineer role at idler is based in San Francisco. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Design Engineer role at idler full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a FullTime position. It is posted as a Design Engineer role in the Engineering department at idler.
Which team or department does the Design Engineer at idler belong to?
This Design Engineer position is part of the Engineering department at idler. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Design Engineer position at idler?
Click the "Apply Now" button on this page. You will be redirected to idler's official application portal hosted on ashby where you can submit your application directly.
When was the Design Engineer job at idler posted?
This Design Engineer position at idler was posted on Aug 26, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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