February 23, 2026
Drag, drop, and drama
SIM (YC X25) Is Hiring the Best Engineers in San Francisco
Tiny team, huge promises: “agents will run the world” has devs hyped, annoyed, and demanding pay ranges
TLDR: Sim is hiring a lead front‑end builder for its “Figma for AI agents” platform on a tiny, in‑person SF team backed by big names. The comments are a warzone over salary transparency, return‑to‑office, a work‑trial step, and the DoD mention, with equal parts hype and eye‑rolls
San Francisco startup Sim just posted a job that sounds like catnip for front‑end obsessives: lead the “Figma for AI agents” canvas on a five‑person, in‑person team with shiny backers like Y Combinator and Paul Graham. The community immediately split into camps. The fan club cheered the chance to own the whole product surface — “dream job for tool‑builders,” one commenter swooned — and loved the open‑source flex and 26,000 GitHub stars. Skeptics rolled their eyes at yet another “Figma‑for‑X” pitch and dunked on the line “agents will run the world,” cue Skynet memes and “my cron job already does that” jokes. The hottest thread? Money. Sim says “competitive salary,” but no numbers. That lit a bonfire of pay‑transparency demands, with dozens insisting that if you want “the best,” show the range. Next drama: office life. Daily in‑person SF triggered a classic remote‑vs‑return‑to‑office brawl; some called it “community and speed,” others called it “remote for the rich.” The “work trial” step sparked debate too — fans said it’s a practical test, critics warned against free labor and asked if it’s paid. Ethical sparks flew over the U.S. Department of Defense name‑drop, with one side saying “a tool is a tool” and another uneasy about military‑adjacent use. Meanwhile, the peanut gallery kept the memes rolling: “Another day, another Figma‑for‑X,” “drag‑and‑drop until it drops,” and “someone tell the agents to finish my sprint”
Key Points
- •Sim is hiring a design‑minded full‑stack engineer to lead its visual agent‑building platform and front‑end architecture.
- •The platform is an open‑source, Figma‑like canvas used by 70,000+ developers, connecting to 1,000+ apps and LLMs, with a natural‑language Copilot.
- •Responsibilities include owning the real‑time canvas, translating visual flows to execution, and setting performance and UX standards across a Next.js monorepo.
- •Required skills include deep React and TypeScript experience, complex UI and performance expertise; real‑time systems and AWS experience are pluses.
- •Sim has raised a $7M Series A led by Standard Capital with participation from Paul Graham, Perplexity, SV Angel, and Y Combinator; it is based in San Francisco.