Founding Design Engineer

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2 Locations
In-Office or Remote
65K-100K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Automation • Manufacturing
The Role
Define and implement the design system, improve the platform’s UI/UX, design user experiences for new features, and build and ship frontend functionality using React, TypeScript, and Tailwind. Collaborate with product, engineering, and customer success while owning work end to end. The role requires strong frontend development and web design experience, product sense, and a portfolio demonstrating design quality. Backend development upskilling is optional.
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About BoWatt

BoWatt is building agentic requirements and systems engineering software for manufacturing. We believe AI will reach PhD-level engineering capability within the next 10 years. This will unlock massive value across complex manufacturing industries. Cars. Planes. Rockets. Factories. Chips. Medical devices. All will be engineered with agents.

We bootstrapped BoWatt to €500k+ ARR before raising our first round. BoWatt is backed by tier-1 investors, including Atlantic Foodlabs, Buildery (CDTM affiliates), and Prequel Ventures, along with angels from Cohere and Luminovo.

You’ll join a small team of startup builders focused on speed, ownership, and execution. Over half the team are former founders, with backgrounds across DeepTech AI, gaming, and other startups. We’ve studied and worked at institutions and companies including Stanford, TUM, Google, EA, and YC-backed AI startups.

 
The role
  • You will define and implement our design system together with the product team and improve the overall UI/UX of our platform.

  • You will work closely with product to design beautiful user experiences for upcoming features.

  • You will build and ship features across our React / TypeScript / Tailwind frontend.

  • You will own your work, collaborate closely with the team (product, engineering and customer success) and continuously improve our app.

You
  • Are an engineer turned designer, or vice versa, or always have been the one on the team understanding the value of easy-to-use interfaces.

  • Have 3+ years of experience shipping frontend production code.

  • Have 3+ years of experience designing for the web.

  • Have a portfolio of projects that show your product sense and design taste.

  • May have some interest in upskilling into backend development.

  • Are based in Germany and have the right to work here.

What we offer
  • Competitive salary based on experience (€65,000 - €100,000)

  • Equity in the company (0.5 - 1%)

  • Fully remote, hybrid, or onsite? Up to you.

  • 25 vacation days per year plus public holidays

  • Top-tier hardware, as well as any other tools of your choice

Interview process
  1. 30min Screening call

  2. 1.5-2hr Product Interview (CTO + CPO)

  3. 1hr Culture fit interview (CEO + CPO)

  4. Offer and reference checks

Skills Required

  • 3+ years of experience shipping frontend production code
  • 3+ years of experience designing for the web
  • Portfolio demonstrating product sense and design taste
  • Based in Germany
  • Right to work in Germany
  • Interest in upskilling into backend development
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The Company
8 Employees
Year Founded: 2023

What We Do

BoWatt GmbH develops AI-powered requirements management and systems engineering software for manufacturing companies. Its platform helps technical sales and engineering teams analyze customer specifications, organize complex product knowledge, accelerate quotation and engineering workflows, and collaborate across supply chains. The company focuses on improving the design, building, and verification of complex manufacturing products through intelligent automation, modular tools, and enterprise-grade security.

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