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Taste LabsTaste LabsSan Francisco, CA

Design Research Engineer

This role investigates and operationalizes what makes design excellent, translating design judgment into measurable evaluations, interfaces, and AI products. It suits a highly opinionated designer with strong research instincts, hands-on AI and coding experience, and broad cross-functional collaboration skills.

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On-siteProduct Design

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Decode what “great” means in design and translate that understanding into interfaces, evaluation design, and products.
  • Collaborate with engineering and research teams to make design quality measurable.
  • Investigate creativity, visual design quality, design styles, typography, color, layout, and alignment.
  • Develop frameworks and evaluations for design quality and identify AI-generated design “slop.”
  • Design creative methods for collecting data and designer feedback, including feedback on reasoning behind design preferences.
  • Spend substantial time working in code and with researchers, alongside design work.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated, highly developed design taste and broad visual references.
  • Ability to distinguish personal preference from objective design principles.
  • Deep curiosity and a research-oriented mindset.
  • Forward-looking approach to AI, including hands-on experimentation with AI tools.
  • Experience shipping designs in code using tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
  • Strong collaboration skills across design, product, research, engineering, and customer teams.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience at creative technology companies or research labs.
  • Personal projects related to creative technology, design research, or AI and design.

Skills

AI ToolsClaude CodeCursorCodexdesign researchdesign evaluationTypographycolor theorylayoutVisual Designdata collectionuser feedback

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