# Design Research Engineer at Tastelabs

- Company: Tastelabs
- What the company does: We're giving AI models and agents taste | Join our mission to end AI slop. Backed by CRV.
- Company website: https://tastelabs.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-04-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Taste-Labs/9c847fe8-1eb6-497f-834c-af3828a87d26
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/tastelabs-design-research-engineer/

## About the role

AI has nailed objective domains and can generate anything. The hard part left is judgement: what fits, what feels like you, what's actually GREAT. We're turning that into something measurable, starting with design. This is not a typical design role. At Taste, design is the product. You will help to decode the fuzzy problem of what “great” means in design and have this wisdom feed into interfaces, eval design, and crafting products with our engineering and research teams.

## What they're looking for

- You have amazing taste. You’ve honed your taste for years, you’re opinionated and have wide references, and you have the ability to separate what’s a personal preference vs. a ground truth
- You are deeply curious and think like a researcher
- You are AI forward - you tinker with AI tools, you’re in claude code/cursor/codex, you ship design in code
- You are great at collaborating with others across design, product, research, engineering, customers
- Bonus: you’ve worked in creative technology companies, research labs or did your own personal projects on the subject

Tags: Technical Staff