Founding Designer

About the role

Spur is your AI QA Engineer. Test your websites with natural language.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product design, from early ideation through polished, shipped experiences
• Create Spur’s visual identity—including brand, design system, and style guidelines
• Design entirely new user workflows that make complex systems feel fast, intuitive, and powerful
• Drive a culture of craft, where design quality and attention to detail are valued across the company
• Work closely with engineering and product to shape the roadmap through a design lens
• Help define our voice and presence—not just in-product, but across marketing and how Spur shows up in the world
• Build & lead the design team, including hiring and team culture
• Shape our public design voice, through thought leadership, events, talks, and writing
• Collaborate on GTM, helping craft assets, launch moments, and social content
• Host design gatherings and represent Spur at industry events and conferences

Requirements

• You’re your own toughest critic and hold yourself to an exceptionally high standard—90% isn’t good enough. You move fast, take initiative, and care deeply about doing things right.
• You don’t just point out problems—you roll up your sleeves and solve them.
• You’ve shipped complex, high-quality products, ideally with 2+ years of experience designing for technical or ops-heavy users.
• You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and bringing structure where none exists.
• You move quickly, but never at the expense of craft and polish.

Qualifications

• Prior experience founding a company or building products at early stages
• Ambitious and driven, and care a lot about doing great work with great people
• Passion for ML/AI and its potential in product design

Benefits

• Daily lunch, snacks, and more are available everyday in the office (you help choose!)
• High quality medical, dental, and vision coverage options, flexible depending on your needs.
• Unlimited PTO (We believe that recharging is essential to being the best that you can be.)
• Spur Swag (which we hope you will design)

Pay

$140K - $220K

Schedule

Full-time