GC AI

Design Engineer

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Hiring Remotely in San Mateo CA USA

In-Office or Remote

165K-350K Annually

Senior level

Artificial Intelligence • Legal Tech

The AI for in-house counsel

The Role

As a Design Engineer you'll bridge design and engineering architect front-end solutions and ensure seamless user experiences across the platform transforming how legal tasks are executed.

Summary Generated by Built In

GC AI is the fastest-growing and most trusted legal AI platform for in-house legal teams. We're building the future of legal work and we're doing it fast. You'll join at a pivotal moment—when decisions matter impact is immediate and the runway to shape your career is wide open. We’re a high-performing team where you'll have real ownership and influence from day one.

More than 1300 companies use GC AI to drive their business forward including 150+ public companies 25+ unicorns and brands such as News Corp Miro Bass Pro Shops Snyk Skims Liquid Death Vercel Zscaler and TIME.

We've 10x'd revenue in 12 months raised a $60 million Series B ($555 million valuation) and are growing faster than ever. We are backed by incredible investors including Scale Venture Partners Northzone Sound Ventures and Guillermo Rauch CEO of Vercel.

If you thrive when the stakes are high and the path isn't paved you'll love it here. Our six guiding principles are: 1% better every day customer obsession ship today find a way care deeply and own it completely. Come shape the future of legal work with us.

Location

We are hiring for this role to be based in the United States or Canada. This is a remote role unless you fall within the following parameters. If you live within approximately 50 miles of our San Mateo CA or Provo UT office the position follows a hybrid schedule with in-office days on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.

About The Role

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.

Why This Role Matters

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.

What You'll Do

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.

Impact You'll Have

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.

Required Experience

5+ years of experience in front-end development with a strong design sensibility.
Expert-level knowledge of HTML CSS 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.

Nice To Have

Experience with Framer.
Understanding of legal tech or B2B SaaS.

A Note On Pace

We’re building something new in a once-in-a-generation shift in technology and the legal industry so we move at a relentless pace. We expect urgency ownership and good judgment even when things aren’t perfectly clear. If you need structure and consensus to do your best work this isn’t the right place for you. If you thrive in ambiguity and growth work with intensity and want real responsibility keep reading. We’re excited to meet you.

Compensation

GC AI's compensation package includes a competitive base salary benchmarked against real-time market data as well as meaningful equity and excellent benefits for all full-time roles. Our US-based compensation range for this role is $165000 – $350000. This range spans four levels from mid-level to Principal. Final compensation will vary based on leveling market conditions geographic location and candidate qualifications including relevant knowledge skills and experience assessed during the interview process.

These compensation bands are just the starting point. After someone joins and proves they’re an exceptional performer we adjust quickly to ensure their compensation aligns with their impact.

Equal Opportunity Employment

GC AI is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion gender identity/expression national origin age military service eligibility veteran status sexual orientation marital status physical or mental disability or any other protected class. GC AI is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. #LI-GCAI

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The Company

HQ: San Mateo California

80 Employees

Year Founded: 2023

What We Do

GC AI is the legal AI platform built for in-house teams that solves the workflows in-house lawyers and legal professionals face every day. With powerful tools like Easy Prompt and Exact Quote you can be the legal hero your team needs with faster and more accurate drafting reviewing researching and redlining. GC AI is built for in-house legal work gets to know you and your company over time uses 5 large language models under the hood and is private secure and compliant. GC AI is SOC 2 Type II certified built with enterprise-grade security and never uses your confidential data for training. Founded by a three-time General Counsel and former Morrison & Foerster litigator GC AI is trusted by over 500 legal teams worldwide including Webflow CDW Vercel Liquid Death Kenneth Cole Eventbrite SurveyMonkey Tipalti and other high-growth global brands. See the difference that becoming an AI-powered lawyer can make. Try it free or get a demo at gc.ai.