Founding Design Engineer
Design
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NYC
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$160K – $180K • Offers Equity
About Lunon
Lunon is building the next frontier of consulting: institutional-grade strategy with forward-deployed engineering, turning ambitious companies into AI-native leaders. Our engineers embed inside the business and ship production AI systems the team relies on every day, and our strategists make sure that work moves the numbers that matter.
We are a small team headquartered in New York City and backed by General Catalyst, working with private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and mid-market and enterprise operators. Most of our roles are remote, open to anyone in the US. We favor evidence over opinion, move fast, and own what we ship end to end.
About the role
You will be Lunon’s first design hire, and you will ship code. Everything a client touches is yours to shape: the portal where they follow an engagement, the living report they act on, the decks and models we hand over, and lunon.ai itself. You set the standard for how rigorous work should look and feel, then build it.
You will work directly with the founders and with the engineers who build the platform. This is a founding seat with the ownership, equity, and expectations that come with it.
Responsibilities
Own the design system across the client portal, the deliverables, and the marketing site, and implement it in production React and Tailwind
Design and build the surfaces clients use to read, question, and act on our work
Turn dense analysis into layouts, charts, and documents a partner or an operator can read in minutes
Prototype quickly, test with real clients, and cut what does not earn its place
Set the visual and interaction bar for the whole team, and hold the product to it
Hire and shape the design function as Lunon grows
You may be a fit if
You have shipped production interfaces as both the designer and the engineer, and you are fluent in React, TypeScript, and CSS
You have strong taste in typography, layout, and data presentation, and can explain the reasoning behind it
You have high agency: you find the most important problem, decide, and ship without waiting to be asked
You are comfortable with ambiguity and with being the only designer in the room
You work well remotely and keep the team close to your work as it develops
Strong candidates may also
Have designed for finance, consulting, or other document-heavy professional work
Have built charting, editorial, or document-rendering systems
Have been an early hire at a startup and shaped a product from zero
Have a public body of work that shows craft and range
Location
Fully remote, US-based. Lunon is headquartered in New York City.
Compensation
Base salary of $160,000 to $180,000, plus equity.