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Design EngineerReact Native, iOS

Playful Design is the designer in your pocket. AI-native creative tooling used by serious social creators. We ship fast, care about taste, and want mobile engineers who can bridge product design, systems, and cutting-edge ML.

What you'll do

Lead the design and implementation of our React Native and native iOS surfaces that sit on top of advanced AI and agentic infrastructure, shipping adaptive, interactive experiences for creators.
Drive integration of AI models across on-device and cloud-backed systems (e.g. Core ML, cloud inference, custom pipelines) to power agent-driven features in the app.
Obsess over craft that makes software feel inevitable, not just functional.
Tackle both UI/UX craft and deep technical challenges that come with next-generation, agent-powered mobile products.

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Full name *

Email address *

City, State, Country *

One line is fine (e.g. San Francisco, CA, United States).

Remote, hybrid, or in-person preference *

Will you need immigration or visa support for this role? *

Résumé or portfolio link *

One link is enough (Google Drive, Dropbox, personal site, etc.). Use whichever best represents you.

Why this role? *

For each area below, pick 1 to 5 using the descriptions under each question.

iOS development (ok if you come from Web/React) *

1 — No experience
2 — Basic apps; tutorials / small projects
3 — Ships apps; UI, networking, state management
4 — Advanced; performance, architecture, frameworks
5 — Expert; large-scale apps, deep system knowledge

How familiar are you with using and developing with Generative AI (prompt engineering, evaluations, LLMs, VLMs, agent harnesses)? *

1 — Used tools; no building
2 — Basic scripts / API calls; toy apps
3 — Ships features; handles prompts, tools, simple evals
4 — Designs systems; agents, eval pipelines, reliability
5 — Architect; defines approaches, cross-stack + research

How familiar are you with web crawling, web scraping, and computer use agents? *

1 — No experience
2 — Simple scripts; basic scraping
3 — Reliable crawlers; parsing, auth, rate limits
4 — Scalable systems; anti-bot, orchestration, agents
5 — Expert; large-scale infra, stealth, adaptive agents

When do you feel most playful in your work? *

When was the last time you took a risk that paid off? *

What are you open to? (select all that apply) *

Part-timeFull-time

Date range you're available *

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