Founding Designer

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Overview:
Spur is every company’s AI QA Engineer.

Spur lets you test your website with natural language. Our AI agents act like real users—automating end-to-end testing without requiring traditional QA infrastructure.

Spur is founded by 2 Yale Alums, and is backed by leading investors like First Round Capital, Neo, Pear VC, Conviction, and YCombinator. We are transforming the testing world, completely re-imagining what testing means from first principles. We're already accelerating engineering teams at some of the fastest-growing companies in the world.

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The Opportunity:
Why Design Matters at Spur

Design is not a layer at Spur—it’s foundational.

As we scale quickly with customers like , Living Spaces and Nextdoor, we're looking for a designer who can define how testing _feels_—not just how it functions. This is your chance to reimagine one of the most under-designed spaces in software.

Testing tools & Testing Systems Traditionally look like this …..

With Spur, testing isn’t siloed in engineering or QA. Now, anyone on the team—from PMs to support and sales—can create and run tests using natural language.

That shift changes everything.

We’re eliminating the need for heavy testing teams and infrastructure—while raising the quality bar. The UX is central to making this possible. It has to feel trustworthy, intuitive, and powerful, all at once.

AI is integrated at every stage of the journey—test creation, editing, execution, and reporting. Designing seamless, AI-driven workflows that build user confidence will be one of your most exciting and impactful challenges.

We see this as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine what UI/UX for software testing looks like—and we’re looking for someone who’s excited to take that on.

We Would Love To Meet You If

• You’re your own toughest critic and hold yourself to an exceptionally high standard—90% isn’t good enough. You move fast, take initiative, and care deeply about doing things right.
• You don’t just point out problems—you roll up your sleeves and solve them.
• You’ve shipped complex, high-quality products, ideally with 2+ years of experience designing for technical or ops-heavy users.
• You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and bringing structure where none exists.
• You move quickly, but never at the expense of craft and polish.

• Own end-to-end product design, from early ideation through polished, shipped experiences
• Create Spur’s visual identity—including brand, design system, and style guidelines
• Design entirely new user workflows that make complex systems feel fast, intuitive, and powerful
• Drive a culture of craft, where design quality and attention to detail are valued across the company
• Work closely with engineering and product to shape the roadmap through a design lens
• Help define our voice and presence—not just in-product, but across marketing and how Spur shows up in the world

• Build & lead the design team, including hiring and team culture
• Shape our public design voice, through thought leadership, events, talks, and writing
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• Collaborate on GTM, helping craft assets, launch moments, and social content
• Host design gatherings and represent Spur at industry events and conferences

• Have prior experience founding a company or building products at early stages
• Are ambitious and driven, and care a lot about doing great work with great people
• Passion for ML/AI and its potential in product design

• Daily lunch, snacks, and more are available everyday in the office (you help choose)!
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