Design Engineer at Opal in San Francisco, CA

Opal is building the finance stack for ad-spend, a $1T a year market. We issue credit and deliver the best media buying experience for brands, agencies, and small businesses to grow their businesses through ads.

Opal started in April 2024. We’re just a three person team so far. We’re seeking someone smart and hungry to join up and help build the product. We are building in San Francisco. We work 6 days a week in person to make our product a reality.

We’re looking for people of exceptional competence to join our team. If this is you, and you want to work on the future of autonomous professional services, apply.

What you’ll do here

• Help build agents and software that interact with customers and make smart tool calls.
• Prototype/ship new UI stuff daily with Figma/NextJS/Tailwind/Typescript.
• Make lots of decisions quickly.
• Take risks.

What you bring to the table

• Exceptional UI design proficiency. (Note we care about proficiency, not years of experience)
• Basic ability to translate your designs into actual HTML/CSS/Typescript (not just Figma)
• A pragmatic approach to building fast at the early stages of a company.
• Familiarity and deep interest in the rapidly changing capabilities of LLMs.
• Interest in discovering what problems our customers face and how we can solve them.
• A sense of agency and urgency.
• A severe bullshit allergy.

Compensation

• $175k-250k USD salary
• $200k-$1M USD equity
• Health benefits
• We sponsor visas for exceptional candidates worldwide.

More about Opal

We’re a team of hard working, focused individuals focussed on building a successful company quickly. Opal could be a fit for you if you’re looking to join highly competent teammates that focus on winning pragmatically.

Opal has a simple, no-frills culture. We work 6 days a week. We hire only S-tier competence.

Opal was founded in April 2024 by Alex Steele. Opal is backed by Founder’s Co-op and Basis Set.