Design Engineering Intern

Summary

Wellspoken is an AI app that helps people communicate more clearly in meetings, interviews, and everyday conversations. The Design Engineering Intern will work at the intersection of design and engineering, taking ideas from sketches to polished, animated interfaces for a consumer mobile app.

Responsibilities

• Design and build real mobile features, from the first mockup to the merged pull request
• Prototype the hard parts in code instead of Figma: gestures, transitions, and animations are faster to feel than to mock up
• Bring interfaces to life with motion: micro-interactions and animations that make the app feel alive
• Own the details most people skip: spacing, timing, and the way a screen feels in the hand
• Turn founder ideas and user feedback into interfaces that ship fast and feel considered

Skills

• US-based and authorized to work in the US without sponsorship
• Available full-time (40 hrs/week), starting within the next 3 months
• A portfolio showing interfaces you designed, with the motion visible. We review portfolios first, so applications without one won't be considered
• You've built and shipped real software: an app in a store, a live site, or a product people used at a job or startup. If you're still on your way there, show us what you're building
• Startup experience is a strong plus. We like people who've felt what it's like when there's no one to hand things off to
• Motion and animation tools like Rive, Lottie, or Reanimated
• React Native, or strong React and front-end skills
• Fluency with AI tools to design and ship faster
• A portfolio that shows interfaces actually moving, beyond static screens

Qualifications

Must Haves

• US-based and authorized to work in the US without sponsorship
• Available full-time (40 hrs/week), starting within the next 3 months
• A portfolio showing interfaces you designed, with the motion visible. We review portfolios first, so applications without one won't be considered
• You've built and shipped real software: an app in a store, a live site, or a product people used at a job or startup. If you're still on your way there, show us what you're building

Nice to Haves

• Startup experience is a strong plus. We like people who've felt what it's like when there's no one to hand things off to
• Motion and animation tools like Rive, Lottie, or Reanimated
• React Native, or strong React and front-end skills
• Fluency with AI tools to design and ship faster
• A portfolio that shows interfaces actually moving, beyond static screens

Benefits

• Remote if you're far from Richmond, in person if you're able to commute. The schedule flexes around your commitments.
• Full Wellspoken Premium access
• A letter of recommendation on successful completion.
• Strong performers continue part-time (10 to 20 hrs/week) for as long as it's a good fit.