Founding Designer

What We Do Axe is creating the AI operating system for the real economy. Today, logistics and supply chain companies still rely on phone calls, email, and spreadsheets — teams spending hours every day on manual, repetitive workflows. We’re changing that. Axe uses advanced AI agents that can reason, act, and complete complex tasks end-to-end. It’s a trillion-euro opportunity in industries that have been underserved by technology for decades. Axe was founded by James McElroy and Dan Quill, two exited founders with a track record of building and scaling high-growth companies. In just 7 months, we’ve expanded rapidly across Europe and the U.S. and raised over €3m+ from top-tier VCs who believe in our vision. We’re now assembling a world-class team to build a global AI powerhouse About the Role This is a high-ownership role for a founding designer who wants to move fast and solve real customer problems inside one of the world’s largest, most complex industries - logistics. At Axe, design is not about polishing mockups. You will own the full end-to-end design process. You’ll be our first full-time designer and will take ownership of UX and UI across the entire product surface — from voice interfaces to AI-driven workflows to dense operational dashboards. The problems are messy. The stakes are real. The impact is massive. You’ll be creating the design foundations that will scale with us as we build a category-defining company. What You Will Do Work directly with customers to understand their workflows and design solutions that meaningfully improve speed, accuracy, and daily operations. Own the design process end-to-end for new features — from discovery to high-fidelity prototypes to production. Identify new AI product opportunities, explore concepts, and build prototypes alongside customers and our engineering team. Invent intuitive interfaces for an AI-first world where traditional UI patterns don’t apply — including conversational, voice, and autonomous-agent UX. Collaborate deeply with engineering to ship high-quality features quickly, with tight feedback loops and a bias for action. Your Profile Experience designing UX and UI for software products, ideally in early-stage startups or B2B SaaS environments. Strong attention to detail with exceptional interaction design, visual design, and design system skills. You go beyond static screens — you build interactive prototypes using tools like v0, Lovable, Cursor, or advanced Figma prototyping. You enjoy talking to customers, uncovering pain points, and driving the full design lifecycle independently. You thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and learn quickly from real-world feedback. You care about real craftsmanship: polished interfaces, clean interactions, and production-quality output. You have a strong interest in AI, LLMs, and voice UX — and you’re excited about designing workflows that integrate deeply with autonomous agents. What Makes You a Great Fit You tale ownership, velocity, clarity, customer obsession. You want full responsibility over outcomes — not just tasks. You're excited to work in-person with us in Dublin. You know how to succeed in a high-ambiguity, high-growth environment. You prioritise ruthlessly and focus on the highest-leverage work. You want to work with a sharp, driven, low-ego team. You want to help build a multi-billion dollar AI company from the ground up. You have a strong portfolio that demonstrates thinking, workflows, iteration, and product impact — not just pretty visuals. Why join us? Be part of a fast-growing, VC-backed AI company redefining a massive industry. Work directly with experienced founders who have scaled and exited companies before. Huge career growth opportunities as we scale across Europe and the US. High ownership, high impact your work directly shapes customer success. Competitive salary + performance bonuses. Join the early team building Europe’s next AI powerhouse. Key Benefits Stock-options Health Insurance Generous Paid Time Off - work hard and take the time you need Annual company-wide offsite