About the Role
Dedalus Labs is an AI research neolab seeking an exceptional Design Engineer Intern to build the interface for the platform that will power future AI agents. This is a rolling, year-round internship program with four seasons annually, each lasting approximately three months and being full-time. The program is designed for talented builders who demonstrate exceptional ability for their stage, with potential for full-time opportunities.
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.
- Work closely with Dedalus engineers and receive direct, rigorous feedback.
- Own a meaningful project from initial thinking through implementation and refinement.
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 of caring about accessibility and Core Web Vitals.
- Modern CSS expertise.
- A strong personal website demonstrating taste and craft.
- A public GitHub showing how you think and build.
- Clear evidence of personal ownership over the work presented.
- The ability to explain decisions, tradeoffs, failed approaches, and hardest technical problems.
Skills
- React
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- Vite
- Remix
- AI coding tools
- Responsive design
- Motion design
- Tailwind CSS
- RSC
- Streaming
- Loading states
- Perceived performance
- Accessibility
- Core Web Vitals
- Modern CSS
- Interaction design
- Visual design
- Frontend engineering
- Motion
- GSAP
- View Transitions
- WebGL
- Three.js
- React Three Fiber
- High-performance tooling
- Vite+
- Oxc
- Canvas
- Shaders
- GLSL
- WebGPU
- Open-source contributions
- API writing
- Supabase
- Type systems
- Category theory
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Full-time
- In person
Experience Level
- Intern
Benefits
- Relocation support may be available.
- Visa support may be available.
About the Company
- Dedalus Labs is an AI research neolab building infrastructure for AI agents.
