Design Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 3, 2026.
About Us
Base Compute is an AI inference lab. Our mission is to bring AGI on device. We believe in a world where everyone has access to intelligence: fast, private and always available on your device.
We’re building the end-to-end stack that makes local AI powerful, from GPU optimization and inference engines to customized agentic experiences that run directly on users’ hardware.
The Role
The way we interact with software is fundamentally changing right now. Most products are simply plugging AI into interfaces designed for a different era. We’re building new ones, designed around what models can actually do and what becomes possible when agentic AI runs on your own device: always-on intelligence that’s private and works offline.
We’re looking for a Design Engineer to help invent those interfaces. You’ll have the taste to know what great software feels like and the engineering skills to ship it. You’ll own our product’s frontend and have direct influence on how people experience our technology.
What You’ll Work On
New AI interfaces: Inventing patterns for working with models and agents, from streaming long running tasks to handling mistakes and giving users the right amount of control
Product and interaction design: Taking features from rough idea to polished interface, designing flows and interactions yourself
Frontend engineering: Building our product’s interface end-to-end, from component architecture to performance
Design systems: Creating a component library and visual language that keeps the product consistent as it grows
What We’re Looking For
3+ years building production frontends, with a portfolio that shows strong visual and product taste
Expertise in TypeScript and React (or similar), plus strong skills in typography, layout, interaction design and Figma (or similar)
Hands-on experience building products on top of LLMs
Ownership: you take ambiguous problems from first sketch to shipped feature
Clear communication: you explain design decisions simply and give honest feedback
Nice-to-haves: animation or creative coding, desktop app frameworks (Electron, Tauri, SwiftUI)
What We Offer
Equity and strong base salary
Direct influence on how people experience AI
Genuinely hard problems that haven't been solved yet
Small team, fast iteration, low bureaucracy
Location
The team is based in Melbourne and Berlin and works in-person from the office most days. We require strong written and spoken English, since the team collaborates across time zones.