founding designer Job at Wordware Inc in San Francisco

what is wordware?we're building the all-in-one platform for AI development.here's what that actually means : the core : a programming language for building just AI assembly language for the new reasoning unit (LLM) is English, so let's put it front and centre and incorporate best concepts from software engineering : conditional statementsloopsfunction calling functions (aka in fancy language multi-agent communication) - this is more difficult than it seems because of the needed type system (see below)type system (especially important for interacting with multimodal LLMs where one output might have to be transformed to be passed on forward to the next step of the flow which might incorporate an LLM which can only interact with specific modalities)easy linking with Tools (custom or prebuilt and ready to use : speech-to-text, image generation, ElevenLabs, research and many morethe ide : where the magic happens like notion met vscode and had a baby. build and test AI flows instantly, see results in real-time, iterate fast.deployment : choose your flavor api mode : plug your AI engine straight into your productforget about prompt management hellfocus on features, not infrastructureworkflow mode : automate your work with triggers and actionsstart small, scale to entire business processesconnect everything - it's an operating system for AIwordapps & repository : deploy as public / private web appsshare your flows github-stylelet others fork and build on your workcontrol what people see (from basic UI to full process)founding designer @ wordwaretl;dr making AI development feel natural is really fucking hard. we need someone who can turn complex concepts into intuitive experiences. think notion's elegance meets vscode's power. now make it simple, and damn but simple is hard.the actual challenge : we're building something that lets anyone orchestrate ai using plain english. but here's the thing - we're basically creating a new programming paradigm. how do you make that feel as natural as writing in notion? that's where you come in.the bigger picture : we're not just talking to traditional developers. we're reaching the next 500 million people who will be "coding" with plain english - lawyers, designers, product managers, founders, and domain experts of all kinds. our content needs to thread an impossible needle : deep enough for engineers, accessible enough for everyone else, and compelling enough to show both groups why this matters.what you'll actually be doing : designing : an IDE that makes ai development feel intuitiveExplore Page (GitHub for AI)Prosumer featurescreating a design system that can grow with usworking directly with founders (your desk will be next to ours)shipping fast, maybe sometimes too fastbuilding foundations for future designers (no pressure)you should probably : be ok with chaos and uncertaintyknow how to explain your designs without sounding like a design blogthink in systems, not just pretty screenswork fast and be ok with throwing stuff awaycare about developer tools and complex interfaces (bonus points for experience in companies like Airtable, Zapier, retool and their startup earlier equivalents)signs this is not for you : you need perfect processes from day oneyou get precious about your designsyou can't handle direct feedbackyou're looking for work-life balance right nowreal talk : we're in sf. yes, you need to be here too, dont apply if you dont have an idea how to get here.we work a lot, cause we are all friendssometimes things break or something not connected to your role is urgent. you'll help fix ityour work will directly impact hundreds of thousands of userspizza and beer are essential food groups herewe sometimes have crossbow shooting competitionsps : we're backed by spark capital, felicis, and y combinator ($30mm seed - biggest out of YC round to the best of my knowledge) but we still work like a seed startup. and yes, the office will have a sauna and be 30m from the sea