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# design engineer

- **Company:** ANTIMETAL INC.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Animation, Artificial Intelligence, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Performance Tuning, Next.js, TypeScript, WebGL, Three.js, Tailwind, ReactJS, Figma, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/design-engineer-antimetal-8806124

## About the Role

* Experience working as a Design Engineer, frontend engineer with strong design skills, or designer with strong engineering skills
 * Highly proficient in React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind, with a strong grasp of modern frontend architecture, state management patterns, and performance optimization.
 * Strong visual and interaction instincts-you care deeply about detail, motion, and making interfaces feel precise, responsive, and intentional.
 * A fast, flexible prototyper who is equally comfortable exploring ideas in Figma, code, or AI tools, depending on what gets you to signal fastest.
 * Hands-on with CSS animation, transitions, and layout techniques-skilled at crafting interfaces that move and respond with clarity and intent.
 * A strong portfolio showcasing high-quality front-end development work.
 * Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment. You are quick to iterate, test ideas, and push toward outcomes., * Love working in a startup environment (experience in a startup or obsession with going zero-to-one)
 * Enjoy working with people who are ambitious, caring, and think in systems
 * Thrive in a fast-paced iterative environment where experimentation is essential



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