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# Senior Design Engineer - Top of Funnel

- **Company:** Mercury Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,600.0 - $208,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Computer Animation, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Next.js, ReactJS
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c542de5f11b663c6

## About the Role

* Has a portfolio of crafted work that demonstrates both engineering quality and design sensibility.
 * Has been the technical lead of complex projects with many stakeholders with a track record of success.
 * Has deep command of HTML and CSS as a creative medium, not just a layout tool. You know what the platform can do and you stay current on what's new
 * Is fluent in the web animation stack - from CSS transitions to GSAP to the Web Animations API - and knows which tool fits which problem. Understands that motion on the web is a performance concern as much as a design one.
 * Is proficient in React and Next.js, particularly in a content-heavy, pre-rendered marketing context.
 * Has experience working within and extending a design system, with pragmatic opinions about when to use what's there vs. when to build something new.
 * Has worked closely with brand designers or creative directors in previous roles and knows how to navigate strong design opinions.
 * Cares about performance as an extension of craft: a slow or janky interaction isn't just a technical problem, it's a design failure.
 * Has experience with DatoCMS or a comparable headless CMS.



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