This is written by 
John, whom you'll be directly working with.
What's a Designteer?
designteer /dɪˈzɛn.tɪr/ noun [ C ]
a person who designs interfaces, ships marketing campaigns, and writes code, typically found debugging CSS at 2am while simultaneously running A/B tests
Compare: engigner /ˈɛn.dʒɪ.nər/ noun [ C ] - a rare species like John who engineers products, designs systems, and manages roadmaps, often spotted merging their own PRs
You won't get along with us
- If you only want to design in Figma
- If you prefer mockups over shipping
- If you skip quality to move fast
- If you need process to make progress
- If you don't want to do marketing
- If you want a short-term role
Why we need your help
Hyprnote is product-led. Design execution is our bottleneck - visual quality depends too much on the founder. We need someone to own design across product and marketing.
Small team. High trust. Craft over hype.
Curious about how we're doing?
We're also backed by Y Combinator, Pioneer, and TRAC, with participations from awesome angels like Tobi Lütke (Shopify), Zach Lloyd (Warp), Henri Stern (Privy), Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face), James Hawkins (PostHog), Dane Knecht (Cloudflare)... the list goes on.
What you'll be doing
Own visual quality across product, website, and marketing. Design and ship real UI. Create assets for launches and content. Build a design system that actually gets used.
Success: the product feels calmer + more solid, marketing doesn't wait on the founder, design decisions feel obvious.
Who we want to meet
A designer who codes and ships. Fast, independent, uncompromising on quality. Interested in marketing and storytelling. Prefers responsibility over rigid scope.
How we work
Remote-first. Async via 
Hyprnote on. Everything runs through
You must be comfortable with
You will work directly with John and 
Harshika.
How we compensate
Ballpark: $80 ~ 120k/year + 0.5 ~ 1.5% equity. Depends on scope and experience.
Early, high-ownership role. You'll grow with the company.
How to apply
Click on the apply button and tell me three things:
- About you: Your personal website +
profile + profile - Short story: Tell me the most interesting thing you've made - literally anything is possible
- Why Hyprnote: Tell me why you want to work at Hyprnote and what you bring to the table
But really the above is just a guideline - feel free to surprise us with your unique format!
How we hire
- Apply by email: We'll review your application and reply within 48 hours ONLY if we think you're interesting.
- 20-min intro: An introductory chat about our team and getting to know each other. You'll get a reply within 24 hours with follow-up questions. You can answer via video call or email (which we prefer so we can make the most of our time together).
- 30-min follow-up: We'll ask a bunch of questions, but don't hesitate to ask us too! We love questions and want to discuss things together. After all, this is a startup and lots of stuff needs to be figured out.
- Take-home assignment: You'll have a week to propose a solution to a design problem. These are practical challenges like designing a landing page or a new settings tab for our desktop app - real issues on our mind. They're all open-ended, and some don't even have a low-fidelity design yet. It's up to you to figure out the best approach.
- Negotiation: We'll negotiate salary and benefits based on your experience and skills, including the equity package and other perks.
