Senior Software Design Lead

The Mission: Architecting AI-Human Collaboration

IDEO is evolving the craft of software design by focusing on the intersection of human behavior and agentic systems. As a Senior Lead, you will move beyond static mockups to build functional prototypes that define how people and AI interact. You'll bridge the gap between abstract product vision and the concrete technical foundations that client engineering teams need to succeed.

Technical Landscape & AI Integration

This position is centered on building with modern stacks like TypeScript, Python, and Node.js, deployed across major cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure). You will leverage LLMs and agentic infrastructure to create high-fidelity prototypes that use real data and integrations. This is the ultimate environment for a developer who uses AI tools to iterate rapidly, allowing you to focus on high-level system architecture, data modeling, and API design while AI assists in the heavy lifting of code generation.

Impact and Strategic Growth

• Strategic Advising: Serve as a trusted technical voice for C-suite executives, guiding them through the complexities of the modern AI tech stack.
• Systemic Design: Define the guardrails and failure states for AI agents to ensure they remain legible and helpful to human users.
• Craft Leadership: Help IDEO build a culture of AI-forward development by creating reusable toolkits that allow teams to stop building from scratch and start innovating immediately.