Founding Design Engineer

About this role

Lunon seeks a founding design engineer to build the platform interface for an AI-native consulting firm serving PE firms and enterprises. You'll own the full spectrum of design and engineering, creating high-fidelity interfaces for complex financial analysis that executives trust, while establishing the design system for future team growth.

What you'll do

• Design and build end-to-end platform interfaces for consulting engagements, from scoping through AI research to client deliverables
• Create data visualizations and interactions that make complex financial analysis clear and trustworthy for PE partners and executives
• Establish design system and frontend standards that scale with the team
• Ship features independently without handoffs, bridging design and engineering
• Evaluate and integrate emerging design and development tools to improve workflow
• Ensure every pixel and interaction meets the quality bar for high-stakes decision-making

What they're looking for

• Design engineering (prototyping and production code with equal fluency)
• Data visualization and complex UI design
• Frontend development (modern web frameworks)
• Design tools (Figma, Framer, or equivalent)
• Design taste and craft obsession
• Problem-solving across ambiguous startup challenges
• User empathy and communication
• Product thinking and systems design

Benefits

• Early equity in a category-defining company
• Small founding team with high trust and no bureaucracy
• $2,400 yearly learning and tools stipend
• Early access to OpenAI models through partnership
• Remote work
• No politics, direct building environment