What are the responsibilities and job description for the Founding Designer position at Blacksmith?
Overview
At Blacksmith, we provide cloud infra to help companies run their CI (GitHub Actions) substantially faster and cheaper. Our mission is to build a CI cloud. Our bet is that CI, as a class of workloads, is ready to be unbundled from the hyperscaler clouds (AWS/GCP/Azure). This is a bold statement, and we have an ambitious roadmap ahead.
Some things we're proud of
At Blacksmith, we provide cloud infra to help companies run their CI (GitHub Actions) substantially faster and cheaper. Our mission is to build a CI cloud. Our bet is that CI, as a class of workloads, is ready to be unbundled from the hyperscaler clouds (AWS/GCP/Azure). This is a bold statement, and we have an ambitious roadmap ahead.
Some things we're proud of
- We orchestrate millions of VMs for CI jobs each month over our own fleet of bare metal hardware.
- We power CI for 300 fast-growing startups like Ashby, Slope, AtoB, Pylon, Superblocks, and Finch.
- Founders: Aditya Maru and Aayush Shah were early systems engineers at Cockroach Labs. Aditya (JP) Jayaprakash worked on search infra and was later a founding member of the ads team at Faire.
- We went through Y Combinator's W24 batch and raised our seed round from a Tier 1 VC firm.
- We're growing extremely fast and hit $1m ARR with a team of 4 in less than 12 months.
- Have strong product instincts and can translate complex technical concepts into clean, intuitive, and developer-friendly interfaces.
- Live and breathe Figma. You are excited to own the end-to-end design process — from early explorations and wireframes to polished, production-ready UIs.
- Full stack design skills (UX, design systems, UI, prototyping) and a strong sense for visual design for UI (layouts, components, design systems, polish, etc).
- Are comfortable collaborating directly with engineers, growth, and founders to shape product direction and company brand.
- Have a strong visual eye and care deeply about craft — typography, spacing, hierarchy, and polish matter to you.
- Enjoy working in person 5 days a week in NYC or SF.
- Thrive in ambiguity and fast-paced environments. You don’t wait for perfect specs — you ask questions, make quick decisions, and iterate rapidly.
- Have 2 years of experience designing SaaS or developer tools.
- You’ve worked at an early-stage startup or were the first designer on a team.
- You have experience building or maintaining design systems.
- You’ve dabbled in side projects or startups of your own.
- Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
- Competitive base equity.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Quarterly offsite.
Salary : $140,000 - $180,000
