Design Engineer

Own the craft and feel of the platform end-to-end - information architecture, core product flows, micro-interactions, and a full rebrand rollout. This is not a handoff role: you design it, you implement it, you own it, working directly with the design lead in two-week project cycles with full autonomy. What you'll be doing

• Own design and front-end implementation of core product flows end-to-end
• Lead a rebrand rollout across the website and product
• Define information architecture and design flows for the platform's main objects
• Loop into in-flight work streams, give design feedback, and progressively take on owned projects
• Talk to customers directly and bring product intuition to what gets built
• Work in two-week project cycles with full autonomy to propose and drive your own work, * Own the product's craft end-to-end - design and implementation, not handoff
• Direct collaboration with the design lead in a flat, high-ownership team
• Full autonomy: engineers own the lifecycle, talk to customers, and decide what to build, Join a dynamic team as a Frontend Software Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in developing exceptional user interfaces for high-impact customer projects. Your expertise …

• 1 day ago

• 5+ years design or micro-interaction engineering experience with a portfolio demonstrating craft and curiosity
• Comfortable implementing designs in code, not just Figma - an independent force who polishes the product without needing frontend engineer bandwidth
• Pre-AI technical frontend experience who actually understands the code they're pushing
• AI-native mindset, uses AI to move faster
• Based in or relocating to New York City

Green Flags

• Portfolio demonstrates genuine taste and craft, not just technical execution, this is the primary filter
• Background at Vercel, Linear, or a developer tooling company with strong design engineering culture
• Excited about implementing their own designs using AI tools without waiting on engineering
• Can name a collaborator who was better than them, signals low ego and team orientation
• Has shipped micro-interactions and polished product experiences to real users in production
• Genuine curiosity about dev tooling and cloud infrastructure, not just interested in the design problem

Red Flags

• No portfolio or weak portfolio, non-starter
• Expects to hand off Figma files without being involved in implementation
• Not excited about using AI to accelerate design output
• Cannot name a collaborator who impressed them, usually signals ego and poor teamwork
• Under 5 years of experience
• Team's current frontend engineer needs to review every single microinteraction pr they put together

• $40.00-50.00 per hour

About the Company A Series A, profitable developer-infrastructure company building a cloud platform that lets modern engineering teams run production-grade infrastructure on any cloud provider without the usual complexity or cost - so teams can focus on building product instead of managing infrastructure. Growing fast (8x ARR since 2022) and working with high-growth, venture-backed startups. Founded 2020 · 11-50 people · Industry: Developer infrastructure / Tech for Tech