UI/UX Designer Jobs in Massachusetts

Who we are

Today, AI is something you rent. Alpaca is building the full stack of hardware, software, models, and applications together to make it something you own.

We are developing a new computer architecture that breaks the economics keeping frontier models trapped in datacenters. On top of that, we’re building a platform of models, applications, and services that give that hardware meaning.

Personal AI is moving from the datacenter to the desk, and we are driving that change.

Our team is based in Cambridge, MA.

About the role

We want to build an entirely new personal computing experience. Our hardware will bring powerful AI models into people's homes and businesses, but how people interact with that technology will be just as important as the technology itself.

We are looking for a designer with exceptional visual taste and the technical ability to bring their ideas to life. You'll help define the visual identity, interfaces, and interactions of our software platform, creating experiences that are beautiful, intuitive, and genuinely enjoyable to use.

This is a role for someone who sees design as both an art and an engineering discipline. You should be equally comfortable exploring typography, color, composition, and motion as you are building interactive prototypes and implementing interfaces in code. We want someone who obsesses over the smallest details, loves making things, and isn't satisfied until a product looks, feels, and works exceptionally well.

What you’ll do

Design the experience: Create beautiful, intuitive interfaces for our AI applications, device setup, and broader software ecosystem.

Invent new interactions: Explore new ways for people to communicate with AI agents, manage their work, and interact with a personal AI computer.

Prototype and build: Turn sketches and concepts into high-fidelity designs, interactive prototypes, and working interfaces in code.

Define our design language: Develop a cohesive visual system across our products, including typography, color, components, animations, and interactions.

Obsess over the details: Refine layouts, transitions, motion, and microinteractions until every part of the experience feels exceptional.

Ship and iterate: Work directly with engineers and users to take designs from concept to production, test ideas, and continuously improve them.

Who we’re looking for

Exceptional visual taste: A strong eye for typography, color, composition, spacing, and motion, with an obsessive attention to detail.

Real design craftsmanship: Proficiency with tools like Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, or similar, and the ability to create original, polished designs from scratch.

Technical ability: Comfortable working with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, or similar technologies to build and refine your own interfaces.

Interaction design: Experience designing intuitive workflows, animations, transitions, and interfaces that feel as good as they look.

Good product judgment: You can take complicated capabilities and turn them into simple, coherent, and delightful experiences.

Creative curiosity: You love consumer technology, stay current with design and engineering tools, and enjoy experimenting with entirely new ideas.

Independence: You take ownership of your work, collaborate closely with engineers, and relentlessly refine what you build.

How to apply

Send us your resume, portfolio, and examples of interfaces, websites, applications, or other projects you've designed or built, along with a short note about why Alpaca interests you.

More than credentials, we want to see what you've made, researched, designed, or shipped.

If the role sounds like you but your background is unconventional, apply anyway.