# Founding Design Engineer at Noto

- Company: Noto
- What the company does: Backed by South Park Commons.
- Company website: https://withnoto.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140K to $185K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-28
- Apply by: 2026-11-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/noto/e29d9504-f222-4e52-82c4-9252caf5e096?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/noto-founding-design-engineer/

## About the role

The founding design engineer will own how Noto looks, works, and reads. This is an opportunity to define the design foundation for a product our customers rely on all day—and to make it genuinely intuitive and delightful. You’ll combine design and engineering with strong product judgment, taste, and empathy for users, taking ideas from the first sketch through the shipped experience. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Four or more years designing and building software products
- Full-stack ability. You’re comfortable with our stack (React, Next.js, Node, and Postgres), can use AI to ship features end to end, and can tell when AI-generated code is wrong
- Product judgment. You can take a messy workflow, such as rescheduling a missed lesson for a family with three kids, and make it simple. You can explain why your version works
- Care for words and small details. Labels, error messages, empty states, and emails to parents matter to you as much as layout does
- Comfort with ambiguity. Much of what you’ll work on starts with unstructured customer call notes. You go to the source, talk to the owner or front desk, and uncover the real problem
- Bonus: you’ve been the first or only designer at a company, or you’ve designed complex operational software such as scheduling, billing, or admin tools

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/noto-founding-design-engineer/