--- title: 'Design Engineer at Synthio Labs' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/design-engineer-synthio-labs-india-ypmb6he7f4qe' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Design Engineer at Synthio Labs - **Company:** Synthio Labs - **Location:** India - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-07-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/synthio-labs/am9icG9zdDoqK0ASTmonri5-fZFapQ5h ## Job description ## Overview We are looking for a Design Engineer to join our engineering team and own the UI/UX of our product end-to-end—from first sketch to shipped code. There is no design-to-dev handoff here: you will design the interface and build it, which means every pixel you place, you also implement. This role sits at the intersection of design and engineering. You’ll turn complex, regulated workflows into interfaces that feel simple, trustworthy, and fast, then bring those interfaces to life with React and TypeScript. You’ll work closely with product and backend teams to ship features end-to-end, with a strong focus on usability, visual craft, scalability, and performance. This position is ideal for someone who thinks in both Figma and code, who cares as much about type, spacing, and motion as they do about component architecture and render performance, and who wants full ownership over how the product looks, feels, and works. ## Responsibilities Design Ownership - Own the end-to-end UI/UX design process—from user flows and wireframes to high-fidelity, production-ready mockups and prototypes - Design and evolve our design system (components, patterns, tokens) so the product stays consistent as it scales - Translate complex, regulated life-sciences workflows into simple, intuitive, accessible interfaces - Make final calls on visual and interaction design, backed by user needs and product context Implementation - Build and ship the interfaces you design as responsive, scalable web applications using React and TypeScript - Implement robust component architecture and state management patterns that keep design and code in sync - Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and cross-browser performance - Integrate with REST/GraphQL APIs and handle complex async data flows Engineering Collaboration - Work with backend engineers to define API contracts and data requirements - Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and product planning - Contribute to frontend best practices, tooling, and CI/CD pipelines Innovation & Growth - Prototype new UI patterns and interactions to improve user experience - Stay current with design and frontend ecosystem trends, including AI/LLM-powered UX patterns - Support occasional backend tasks if you have Python/API experience. ## Qualifications Education - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience ## Experience - 1–2 years of professional experience designing and building frontend products (in-house, agency, or startup) - A portfolio showing production UI/UX work you designed and shipped yourself - Strong proficiency in React, TypeScript, and JavaScript (ES6+) - Proficiency in a modern design tool (e.g. Figma) for wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity design - Solid understanding of visual design fundamentals: typography, layout, spacing, color, and interaction/motion design - Good understanding of state management, component architecture, and API integration Good to Have - Experience building or maintaining a design system - Basic backend knowledge, preferably in Python - App development experience - Experience with REST APIs and familiarity with LLM/AI integrations in products - Exposure to testing frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library or Cypress ## Skills - Strong eye for visual design and obsessive attention to UI/UX and performance detail - Ability to go from a blank canvas to a shipped, production-ready feature without a handoff - Strong problem-solving and debugging abilities - Clear communication and ability to work cross-functionally with product and engineering - Comfortable working in fast-paced, iterative environments, owning ambiguity end-to-end What Makes This Role Unique - Own the entire design and frontend experience end-to-end—no handoffs, no waiting on someone else’s mockups - Blend design craft with engineering rigor in a product used by real customers - Work on modern web stacks with opportunities to touch AI/LLM-powered features - Shape the visual identity, design system, and frontend architecture of a fast-growing platform ## About Synthio Labs ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Synthio Labs builds an agentic AI platform for life sciences, enabling compliant, empathetic engagement between pharmaceutical companies and their HCPs and patients. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage, Y Combinator-backed) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Supreet Deshpande (CEO), Rajashekar Vasantha (CTO), Sahitya Sridhar (Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Life Sciences / Healthcare AI, Pharmaceutical Commercial Operations - **Target customers**: B2B – Enterprise pharma GTM teams (Medical Affairs, Commercial, Patient Support, Field Teams) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Reimagine how pharma engages with its most important stakeholders – physicians and patients” by delivering an always-on AI medical expert that provides compliant, accurate, and science-first engagement. ## Products & Services - **Jarvis**: Voice AI copilot for field teams (SaaS) - **Ather**: Voice AI agents for HCP engagement (SaaS) - **Helix**: Voice AI agents for patient support (SaaS) - **Simulation Studio**: AI digital twins for market research (SaaS) - **Polaris HQ**: Natural language interface to query internal data (“Talk to your data”) (SaaS) - **Atlas**: AI-Ready HCP 360 – unified customer view (SaaS) All products are multimodal (voice, chat, video) and purpose-built for regulated healthcare workflows. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: $5M total funding (Seed rounds, latest in November 2025) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Elevation Capital (lead), Y Combinator, and other seed investors; integrations with Veeva, Salesforce, MedInfo systems - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 866.7% YoY (26–29 employees as of mid-2026); 5,000 patients engaged in first 48 hours for a launch campaign; strong starter kit uptake and adherence lift. ## Competitive Advantages - **Purpose-built for regulated healthcare**: Every response is grounded in approved label content, with automated verification and adverse event escalation built in. - **Clinical reasoning engine**: Benchmarked on USMLE-style evaluations; delivers precise medical understanding and empathetic conversations. - **System of Context**: Creates a holistic customer-journey map across the entire engagement ecosystem, syncing with Veeva, Salesforce, and enterprise CRMs. - **Founding team expertise**: Ex-McKinsey, ex-ZS, and AI researchers from Amazon; combined 25+ years in life sciences and frontier LLM building. ## Strategic Focus - Expand the agentic AI platform to cover more pharma workflows (field, HCP, patient, marketing, commercial ops). - Deepen compliance and safety features to maintain trust with regulators and pharma partners. - Scale headcount rapidly (current 26–29, high growth trajectory) with an emphasis on engineering, AI, and forward-deployed roles. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Fast, agile, high growth” – Y Combinator startup with ownership mentality; employees are encouraged to fill gaps, challenge decisions, and push projects forward without waiting for permission. - **Remote/Hybrid**: Primarily San Francisco office with remote roles available (some roles listed as remote). - **AI-first environment**: Everyone uses AI as a “second brain” – from coding to docs to debugging; AI is treated as a teammate. - **Impact**: Work directly on products that help patients navigate care and doctors make better decisions, with a focus on safety and empathy. - **Perks**: Autonomy, responsibility, hands-on experience with frontier AI tools; exposure to top pharma clients and real-world deployment. ## Sources 1. [synthiolabs.com/careers](https://synthiolabs.com/careers) 2. [synthiolabs.com](https://synthiolabs.com/) 3. [linkedin.com/company/synthiolabs](https://linkedin.com/company/synthiolabs) 4. 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