Product Designer & Frontend Engineer

calmar.vc; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model (Vienna)?

AI-assisted tooling

New hardware

Job summary

calmar.vc, built by Gateway Ventures, seeks a designer/frontend engineer to shape the user experience of Europe’s startup financing platform. You will own design from research to production, collaborating closely with product leadership and the frontend team.

The role combines product design and frontend development in Vue.js/Nuxt 3, with a focus on design systems, accessible interfaces, and multi-brand branding for partner networks.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in product or UX design.
• Portfolio includes frontend work you designed and built yourself, running in production.
• Experience with design systems and Figma or similar tools.
• Practical experience with user interviews and usability testing.

Responsibilities

• Talk to users and analyse the experience of our existing platform to find where it falls short.
• Redesign key journeys, from onboarding to investment, including regulated flows.
• Design clear, polished interfaces that make complex financial processes easy to understand.
• Build these interfaces yourself in Vue.js and Nuxt 3.
• Own and develop our design system and component library, with consistent, accessible components and clear interface copy.
• Make sure our platform looks and works well for every partner network using it under their own brand.
• Use AI tools to prototype and build faster, without compromising on quality.
• Review the user experience before releases and follow up on usability issues after launch.

Skills

UX design

Frontend production

Design systems

Figma

User interviews

Tools

Vue.js

Nuxt 3

AWS

Figma

Job description

Calmar, built by Gateway Ventures, one of Europes biggest Startup Investor Networks, is a platform for startup financing in Europe. More than 300 funding rounds and over €32 million have already been closed through it. More than 50 investor networks use Calmar under their own brand to organise rounds, pool investments and manage holdings, connecting over 7,000 investors and founders.

We're looking for people who want to build Europe's largest Startup financing platform with us.

Your role

Your work is roughly half product design and half frontend engineering. As our only designer and a core part of our frontend team, you shape the look, feel and usability of calmar.vc and see features through from the first idea until they're live. You work closely with our Head of Product & Technology, and our Lead Engineer, who supports you with architecture and code reviews. Our stack includes Vue.js, Nuxt 3, PHP/Laravel and AWS, and we use AI tools in our daily work.

What you will do

Talk to users and analyse the experience of our existing platform to find where it falls short.

Redesign key journeys, from onboarding to investment, including regulated flows.

Design clear, polished interfaces that make complex financial processes easy to understand.

Build these interfaces yourself in Vue.js and Nuxt 3.

Own and develop our design system and component library, with consistent, accessible components and clear interface copy.

Make sure our platform looks and works well for every partner network using it under their own brand.

Use AI tools to prototype and build faster, without compromising on quality.

Review the user experience before releases and follow up on usability issues after launch.

What you bring

At least 2 years of experience in product or UX design, with a strong eye for interaction and visual design.

A portfolio that includes frontend work you designed and built yourself, running in production.

Experience with design systems and Figma or similar tools.

Practical experience with user interviews and usability testing.

Nice to have

Experience with Vue.js and Nuxt.

Experience with theming or multi-brand design systems.

German, as many of our customers are German-speaking.

What we offer

Full ownership of the user experience, from research to production code.

Direct access to customers and close collaboration with a small, experienced team.

Flexible working hours and a hybrid setup with home office and our office in Vienna's 1st district.

New hardware and modern, AI-assisted tooling.

A friendly startup culture, regular events and a supportive team.

Access to a large ecosystem of investors, angel networks and founders across Europe.

The option to join our VSOP after the probation period.

The minimum salary for this full-time position is €55,000 gross per year. We are prepared to offer a higher salary depending on your qualifications and experience.