Founding Member of Design Staff

AI is speeding up the discovery of new molecules and treatments. Getting one to the patients who need it still takes a decade, and most of that time goes to the work between the science and the patient: research, documentation, review, and submissions.

Arca applies the same AI that is speeding up discovery to that work. Our long-horizon agents take on the manual research and drafting, so scientists and regulatory teams can spend their time on strategy, problem solving, and discovery.

We are a small team building in person in New York City, with real customers and a lot left to build. Arca is out of OpenAI's accelerator, and the team includes staff engineers from Ramp, ex-government officials, and former founders.

You will be the first designer at Arca and own design across the company: the product, the brand, and the foundations both are built on. You will work directly with the founders and turn dense life sciences workflows into interfaces that experts can check and rely on.

• Work side by side with engineering so users can follow what an agent is doing and check its output
• Design new interaction patterns for long-running, multi-step agent work
• Work directly with regulatory and clinical teams and turn their dense, manual workflows into product that feels clear and fast
• Prototype quickly and validate concepts with customers before they ship
• Own how Arca looks and feels in everything from the product experience to a billboard campaign
• Establish and evolve Arca's design system, holding the quality bar as the team grows

• Experience designing AI-native products and agent interfaces, ideally as a first or founding designer at an early stage high-growth startup
• Ability to take an idea from Figma to production frontend code in hours, not days
• You have been obsessively good at something and know what it feels like to chase excellence

• Competitive compensation with founding-team-level equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Unlimited PTO
• Freedom, trust, and high influence on the trajectory of the company
• Build in person in New York City with a high-energy, social team

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