Design Engineer Intern

Dedalus Labs, Inc.•San Francisco, CA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Dedalus Labs is an AI research neolab building infrastructure for AI agents. We are looking for an exceptional Design Engineer Intern who wants to build the interface for the platform that will power the AI agents of the future. This is not a traditional summer-only internship. We accept applications on a rolling, year-round basis and typically run four internship seasons each year. Each internship lasts approximately three months and is full-time for the duration. The program is designed for unusually talented, high-slope builders who may not yet be ready for a full-time role but have already demonstrated exceptional ability for their stage. Strong interns may be considered for full-time opportunities.

Requirements

Strong ability with React and TypeScript.
Experience with frameworks such as Next.js, Vite, or Remix.
Fluency with AI coding tools.
Strong instincts for responsive design and motion.
Thoughtful use of styling systems such as Tailwind CSS.
Good judgment around RSC, streaming, loading states, and perceived performance.
Evidence that you care about accessibility and Core Web Vitals.
Modern CSS you are a little smug about.
A strong personal website demonstrating your taste and craft.
A public GitHub showing how you think and build.
Clear evidence of personal ownership over the work you present.
The ability to explain your decisions, tradeoffs, failed approaches, and hardest technical problems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Motion, GSAP, View Transitions, WebGL, Three.js, React Three Fiber, or similar tools.
Familiarity with high-performance tooling such as Vite+, Oxc, or related projects.
Experience with Canvas, shaders, GLSL, or WebGPU.
Meaningful open-source contributions.
Tools or techniques we have not heard of yet.
Experience writing APIs.
Comfort with Supabase or a similar database.
Strong knowledge of types.
Interest in category theory.
A self-directed project that goes significantly beyond a class assignment.
Evidence of unusually rapid learning or achievement for your stage.

Responsibilities

Design and build interfaces for AI-agent infrastructure.
Work across interaction design, visual design, and frontend engineering.
Turn ambiguous product ideas into thoughtful, polished experiences.
Build responsive, accessible, and high-performance interfaces.
Prototype new interactions using modern browser and rendering technologies.
Contribute production-quality work rather than disposable intern projects.
Work closely with Dedalus engineers and receive direct, rigorous feedback.
Own a meaningful project from initial thinking through implementation and refinement.