Founding Design Engineer

Virio • San Francisco, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Virio is building the operating system for how AI-native executives go to market. We're not a tool company—we're solving the content problem for B2B leaders. Every insight, every playbook, every asset is generated from first principles using AI and human judgment. We're backed by operators from LinkedIn, YouTube, HubSpot, Rippling, and Google. We've added $1M ARR in 30 days. And the technical work we're doing—the way we think about content generation, agentic systems, and human-in-the-loop workflows—is genuinely novel. We need someone to help us build interfaces that make this visible and visceral.

Requirements

• High agency & self-direction – Acts without waiting for requirements or detailed instructions
• Small-team intensity comfort – Comfortable working intensely and closely with a small, high-output team
• Unorthodox problem solving – Sees non-obvious paths forward and challenges conventional approaches
• Quality-driven execution – Detail-oriented with high standards for correctness and quality
• Low ego & accountability – Takes full ownership and accountability for outcomes

Responsibilities

• Design generative interfaces that rethink what's possible—not incremental tweaks, but genuinely imaginative approaches to how people interact with AI-driven products
• Lead with product intuition : understand what users need before they ask, and imagine interfaces that make complex interactions feel natural and delightful
• Own features end-to-end: from design concept through implementation to launch—you're the keeper of the vision through every stage
• Build frontend components and systems that scale—write clean, maintainable code that doesn't constrain future ambition
• Collaborate seamlessly with engineers and product—make design and implementation work together, not against each other
• Push back on mediocre ideas and propose better solutions—your taste and judgment are core to what we ship
• Contribute to the core product roadmap and help define what gets built next

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation aligned to impact and ownership
• Meaningful equity upside as part of the founding team
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• All working meals covered
• Relocation support for San Francisco
• Company-wide annual off-site
• Direct access to founders and leadership
• High ownership, high trust, and fast career progression alongside world-class client partners

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed