Principal Design Engineer at GrowthX Labs

At GrowthX, we design growth systems and products that integrate AI automation and expert guidance to help marketing teams with content creation, distribution, and conversion.

As a Principal Design Engineer at GrowthX, you'll be a key member of our design team, crafting innovative and user-focused solutions for our platform. You'll collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and other designers to take ideas from concept to completion, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience across all GrowthX products.

Your work will directly impact businesses, making AI more accessible, powerful, and easy to use. You'll push boundaries and set new standards in how companies leverage AI for growth, driving both visual and functional improvements across the GrowthX ecosystem.

You'll have opportunities to lead, propose, and execute projects across various products and tools. Whether refining designs, optimizing workflows, enhancing user interfaces, or launching new features, your contributions will shape our platform's future.

Requirements

We Need:

• Design Expertise: Proven experience in creating user-friendly interfaces with a strong portfolio showcasing digital product design. Ability to adapt to different design styles as necessary.
• Problem-Solver: Creative thinking to address complex design challenges.
• "Demo Over Essay": Ability to align teams with working prototypes, user flows, or high-fidelity mockups, choosing the most effective communication method.
• Collaboration and Communication: Excellent communication skills and experience working in a cross-functional team environment.
• Research Proficiency: Skilled in conducting user research and analysis to inform design decisions.
• Time Management: Capable of prioritizing tasks and managing time efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to Detail: High standards for design quality and user experience.

What We Don't Need:

• Prefer to work alone: If you prefer to work independently without regular collaboration, this role isn't for you.
• Shallow Technical Knowledge: A deep understanding of modern design principles and tools is essential.
• Resistance to Feedback: Comfort with iterating based on feedback, data, and testing is key.
• Inflexibility: This role requires adaptability to changing requirements and team dynamics.
• Low Initiative: If you need constant direction and lack proactivity, this environment won't suit you.

Day-to-Day Expectations: Here's how you can expect to spend your time each week:

• 35% – Feature Development: Building and implementing frontend components, features, and interactions using modern web technologies.
• 25% – Design Development: Creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that you'll help implement.
• 20% – Technical Collaboration: Working with full-stack engineers to integrate your frontend work with backend systems.
• 10% – Research & Testing: Conducting technical feasibility assessments and user tests, then implementing feedback.
• 5% – Design & Code Reviews: Participating in team reviews to ensure quality and consistency in both design and implementation.
• 5% – Continuous Improvement: Staying updated on design and development trends, exploring new technologies and best practices for ongoing professional growth.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: Salary range of $200,000 to $250,000 of plus stock options at fast growing startup.

• Remote Flexibility: Work from wherever you’re most productive (location does not impact compensation).
• Ample Time Off: Unlimited vacation policy, with a recommended minimum of 15 days.
• Impactful Work: Join a team transforming how businesses leverage AI for growth.
• Less Meetings, More Async Work: Autonomy and asynchronous collaboration are prioritized.

We build end-to-end growth engines with expert-guided AI workflows. From content to distribution to conversion.

We're not another software company.
We're not trying to be an agency.
We're building something entirely different:

• AI-powered workflows that adapt to our clients
• Expert guidance every step of the way
• Zero burden on our clients team
• Results that compound over time

Why?

Because traditional options aren't cutting it:

• Agencies are expensive and often disconnected from your brand's reality.
• Freelancers can be hit or miss, hard to manage, and challenging to retain.
• In-house teams are costly to build and often bogged down by internal processes.
• AI alone lacks the nuance and contextual understanding that human expertise brings.
• Software tools require your team to do all the heavy lifting.

We believe in combining the best of both worlds—AI and experts—to drive real growth.

Already, 25 incredible companies – from seed startups to public giants – are growing with us.

And we're just getting started... 🚀