Design Engineer

GC AI is currently an AI platform for in-house lawyers to 10x themselves. Using the latest LLMs, we are building AI agents that can use company knowledge, leverage external sources, and connect with internal tools to provide better and faster legal advice to the rest of the company. Thousands of weekly active users tell us they “cannot imagine their lives without GC AI” - which has led us to 95% retention and a NPS of 75.

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build for a $1T annual market. We have jaw-dropping product-market fit - growing our customer base from 0 to 500+ legal teams in a year and 3X ARR growth in the last 4 months. Join our Series A stage rocket ship backed by top investors like Sound Ventures, Fellows Fund, Guillermo Rauch and Worklife Ventures. GC AI is a small but mighty team of lawyers, engineers, sellers and doers. Here, you’ll have infinite room to grow and rethink how legal work gets done.

Come build the future with us.

We're seeking a Design Engineer to bridge the gap between design and engineering at GC AI. In this role, you'll help shape our design system implementation, architect front-end solutions, and ensure seamless user experiences across our platform. You'll be instrumental in creating intuitive interfaces that transform how legal professionals work, making sophisticated legal tasks feel simple and accessible.

Legal teams today are drowning in work. Our platform changes that, but only if we build it right. As a Design Engineer, you'll be crafting the visual systems and interactions that make sophisticated legal work feel simple and intuitive. Your work won't just look good - it will fundamentally change how legal teams operate, making their work faster, smarter, and more impactful.

• Architect and implement complex UI components and systems that balance aesthetics with technical performance.

• Lead the technical implementation and evolution of our design system across our marketing.

• Create prototypes to explore new interaction models and validate design concepts for legal workflows.

• Establish best practices for front-end development and component architecture.

• Mentor engineers on design principles and implementation techniques.

• Develop tools and processes to improve design-to-development workflow.

• Contribute to design reviews.

• Champion accessible, responsive, and performant user interfaces for legal teams.

• Build marketing landing pages.

• Define the visual language and interaction patterns for AI-native legal workflows so teams complete reviews faster and with more confidence.

• Turn ambiguous user pain points into elegant, production-ready interfaces that measurably reduce time-to-answer and error rates.

• Establish a reusable design system that speeds up iteration across product, growth, and integrations surfaces.

• Partner with AI + product engineering to make complex model behavior legible through clear affordances, states, and explanations.

• 5+ years of experience in front-end development with a strong design sensibility.

• Expert-level knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript, and React.

• Deep experience with modern front-end frameworks (React preferred).

• Strong understanding of design systems and component-based architecture.

• Experience implementing complex UI animations and interactions.

• Proven ability to translate design concepts into production-ready code.

• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with both design and engineering teams.

• Experience with accessibility standards and best practices.

• Experience with Framer.

• Understanding of legal tech or B2B SaaS.

• Shape the future of a rapidly growing startup

• Direct collaboration with founding team

• Real influence on company strategy and direction

• A voice that matters - your ideas will be heard and implemented

Environment & Benefits

• Competitive salary, equity and healthcare

• We’re a hybrid company — many roles are remote-friendly, while some teams require meeting in person a couple of days a week in the Bay Area office.

• High-energy, joyful team environment

Career Development

• Mentorship and learning opportunities

• Clear path for growth in an expanding company

• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and practices

• Freedom to innovate and own crucial systems