About the role
cmux is a native macOS terminal built on Ghostty, designed for running multiple AI coding agents in parallel. Hundreds of thousands of developers use cmux to drive their agentic coding workflows.
Check us out at cmux.com and on GitHub.
We're hiring a talented founding designer to help us design the future of coding with AI.
What you’ll do
- Design frontier devtools across the stack: cmux macOS, cmux TUI, cmux Windows/Linux, cmux iOS, cmux Cloud, cmux.com, chatmux, and more
- Help design the most useful product for developers to do work with AI
- Own the look, feel, and interaction model end to end, including user feedback loops
- Dogfood, prototype, and ship constantly
Who we're looking for
No hard requirements. We want talented designers from any background.
Things that make us extra excited:
- You are a walking encyclopedia of design components from all sorts of apps
- People come to you for design references all of the time
- Obsessive taste for native macOS apps and developer tools
- You prototype in code and ship real UI
- Typography, motion, and systems thinking; you care about the 1px details, padding, etc
Details
- Compensation: 130k - 170k + 0.5% - 1.5% equity
- Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Location: San Francisco
About cmux
Open source applied AI lab building next-gen devtools
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Job details
Salary
$130,000 - $170,000
Equity
0.5% - 1.5%
Location
San Francisco, CA
Experience
0+ years
Funding
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.