Founding Designer

Overview

At Blacksmith, we provide cloud infra to help companies run their CI (GitHub Actions) substantially faster and cheaper. Our mission is to build a CI cloud. Our bet is that CI, as a class of workloads, is ready to be unbundled from the hyperscaler clouds (AWS/GCP/Azure). This is a bold statement, and we have an ambitious roadmap ahead.

Some things we're proud of

• We orchestrate millions of VMs for CI jobs each month over our own fleet of bare metal hardware.

• We power CI for 600+ fast-growing startups like Ashby, Slope, AtoB, Pylon, Superblocks, and Finch.

• Founders: Aditya Maru and Aayush Shah were early systems engineers at Cockroach Labs. Aditya (JP) Jayaprakash worked on search infra and was later a founding member of the ads team at Faire.

• We went through Y Combinator's W24 batch and raised our seed round from a Tier 1 VC firm.

• We're growing extremely fast and hit $1m ARR with a team of 4 in less than 12 months.

You are a good fit if you

• Have strong product instincts and can translate complex technical concepts into clean, intuitive, and developer-friendly interfaces.

• Live and breathe Figma. You are excited to own the end-to-end design process — from early explorations and wireframes to polished, production-ready UIs.

• Full stack design skills (UX, design systems, UI, prototyping) and a strong sense for visual design for UI (layouts, components, design systems, polish, etc).

• Are comfortable collaborating directly with engineers, growth, and founders to shape product direction and company brand.

• Are proactive and have a bias for action. You are on top of the most pressing problems on your own.

• Have a strong visual eye and care deeply about craft — typography, spacing, hierarchy, and polish matter to you.

• Enjoy working in person 5 days a week in NYC or SF.

• Thrive in ambiguity and fast-paced environments. You don’t wait for perfect specs — you ask questions, make quick decisions, and iterate rapidly.

• Have 2+ years of experience designing SaaS or developer tools.

Bonus

• You’ve worked at an early-stage startup or were the first designer on a team.

• You have experience building or maintaining design systems.

• You’ve dabbled in side projects or startups of your own.

Compensation and benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.

• Competitive base + equity.

• Unlimited PTO.

• Quarterly offsite.