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# UX Engineer

- **Company:** Reality Defender
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Animation, Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Interaction Design, Software Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping Process, TypeScript, Enterprise Software Applications, ReactJS, Material UI, Figma, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=575be5021996d9a5

## About the Role

* 5+ years designing and building modern SaaS applications
 * Strong portfolio demonstrating both UX design and front-end implementation
 * Expertise with Figma and modern prototyping tools
 * Experience building interfaces using React, TypeScript, or similar front-end frameworks
 * Strong understanding of interaction design, usability, and accessibility
 * Ability to rapidly move from concept to prototype
 * Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, and comfort in a fast-moving startup environment
 * Nice to have: enterprise software design experience, AI or cybersecurity product experience, familiarity with design systems and component libraries, user research/usability testing experience, or motion/interaction animation experience, * Be embedded within Product and Engineering workflows
 * Be up to speed on Reality Defender's current design system, tooling, and prototyping stack
 * Have shadowed the existing design-to-development handoff processWithin 3 months, you'll…

Within 3 months, you'll…

 * Have delivered prototypes for at least one key product initiative
 * Have shipped a concrete improvement to the design-to-development handoff process
 * Have identified specific opportunities to streamline UX across the platform

Within 6 months, you'll…

 * Have a repeatable design and prototyping process running
 * Have measurably reduced iteration time on at least one product initiative
 * Have contributed meaningfully to the evolution of the design system

## Description

This isn't a traditional product designer role, and it isn't a traditional front-end engineering role either. We're looking for someone who can move seamlessly from customer problems to interaction design to production-ready prototypes - the connective tissue between product strategy, design, and engineering. Responsibilities include:

 * Own end-to-end UX design and rapid prototyping for new product initiatives, from concept through implementation-ready design
 * Build interactive, near-production-quality prototypes using React, TypeScript, or similar frameworks to validate ideas before full engineering investment
 * Partner with Engineering to validate technical feasibility early and reduce handoff friction
 * Help establish and evolve reusable UI patterns, components, and Reality Defender's broader design system
 * Advocate for usability, accessibility, and thoughtful interaction design across the platform
 * Work alongside Product Managers to define customer experiences before development begins
 * Facilitate cross-team alignment by making complex ideas tangible through prototypes and visual storytelling


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