Full-Time

Design Engineer

Posted on 3/11/2025

Arena AI

Arena AI

51-200 employees

Active learning-based pricing optimization using AI

Compensation Overview

$150k - $225k/yr

+ Equity + Benefits Packages

No H1B Sponsorship

New York, NY, USA

In Person

Willing to travel domestically and internationally to customer locations, potentially 25% - 50% of the time.

Category
Software Engineering (2)
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Required Skills
React.js
Figma
TypeScript
Animation
HTML/CSS
Requirements
  • An online portfolio showcasing your design and engineering work
  • Experience designing, building, shipping, and improving product experiences from start to finish
  • Programming experience, especially with React and TypeScript
  • Proficiency in CSS and UX motion design
  • Expertise in Figma, with familiarity with other design tools like Framer, Principle, etc
  • Familiarity with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) processes
Responsibilities
  • Design, prototype, and implement new product features for production
  • Rapidly build and iterate on high-quality, functional experiences that align with design intent, using the most appropriate tools and techniques at the right level of fidelity
  • Collaborate with engineers to ensure innovative AI techniques and technologies translate into scalable tools, services, and customer experiences
  • Set a higher standard for animation, motion, and craftsmanship in AI experiences
  • Work closely with users, as well as Arena engineers and scientists, to define human-computer interaction in the age of active learning AI.

Arena AI builds active-learning AI systems to optimize pricing for businesses, especially in retail and e-commerce. Its core product uses reinforcement learning in an ongoing experimentation loop that continuously adjusts prices based on real-world feedback to improve profitability. The company charges on a performance basis, tying payment to measurable gains for clients and aligning incentives. Distinguishing features include a results-driven model, a focus on active learning to adapt pricing in dynamic markets, and a team with backgrounds from Stanford, MIT, McKinsey, Palantir, and Google. The overall goal is to deliver tangible revenue and profit improvements for clients through data-driven pricing optimization.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$94M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2019

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised $32M Series A in 2025 from Initialized, Goldcrest, Founders Fund.
  • ONEBRAIN deploys in manufacturing, generating hundreds of millions in value.
  • Academic Partnerships Program launched February 2026 accelerates AI research.

What critics are saying

  • Arena.ai name collision confuses customers, dilutes pricing brand in 3-6 months.
  • SymphonyAI steals e-commerce share with integrated RL forecasting in 12-18 months.
  • Arena.ai sues over 'Arena' trademark, halting operations in 6-12 months.

What makes Arena AI unique

  • Arena AI automates high-frequency decisions using reinforcement learning for pricing.
  • Performance-based model pays only on measurable client revenue improvements.
  • Team from Stanford, MIT, McKinsey, Palantir, and Google drives innovation.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Lunch every day from local restaurants via Sharebite

Commuter Benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

17%
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Apr 9th, 2025
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 4/9/2025

Arena, a platform that uses AI to test, debug, and optimize advanced hardware, has raised $30M in Series B funding led by Initialized Capital, Goldcrest Capital, and Fifth Down Capital.

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Apr 8th, 2025
Arena Technologies raises $30M for Atlas AI

Arena Technologies Inc. has secured $30M in early-stage funding to enhance its AI platform, Atlas, which focuses on hardware testing and optimization. Founded in 2020 by Pratap Ranade and Engin Ural, Arena aims to address enterprise-level challenges by applying machine learning to the physical world. Atlas acts as an expert assistant, integrating applied physics and electrical engineering to improve real-world test environments.

TMCnet
Apr 8th, 2025
Arena Launches Atlas to Accelerate Humanity's Rate of Hardware Innovation

Arena has raised $62M in funding from investors, most recently a $30M series B. Arena's investors include fifth down capital, initialized, goldcrest capital, founders fund, shield capital, garuda ventures, peter thiel, general david petraeus, qasar younis, michael seibel, and flexport.

Arena AI
Aug 2nd, 2022
Announcing our $32 million Series A to build autopilot for high-frequency decisions

I’m thrilled to announce our $32 MM Series A today, led by Initialized and Goldcrest Capital. We’re also excited to bring aboard Founders Fund, Flexport, Michael Seibel, Peter Thiel and General David Petraeus, among other incredible investors. We built Arena to help global organizations operate better by automating

TechCrunch
Aug 2nd, 2022
Arena raises money from Peter Thiel and David Petraeus for its decision-making AI

Arena, a company developing an AI-powered platform designed to help company leaders make business decisions, has raised $35 million in venture capital.

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