Design Engineer: Craft Interfaces & Design Systems

Initi8 Recruitment; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% covered health, dental, andVision

401(k) matching

Flexible PTO

Daily catered lunches

Regular team offsites

Job summary

Initi8 Recruitment is partnering with a fast-moving tech company seeking a frontend engineer and designer who can own both product design and engineering aspects. You will shape interfaces, build scalable design systems, and ship production-ready code in a hybrid startup setting.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and commercial teams, prototype rapidly using modern tools and AI workflows, and contribute to core platform workflows and landing pages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) or equivalent practical startup/agency experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on product design and frontend engineering experience.
• Ability to translate user journeys into intuitive experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core design systems, component libraries, and design tokens across web and mobile.
• Craft high-converting landing pages, growth assets, and core platform workflows.
• Prototype new features and interface concepts using modern design tools and AI workflows to validate decisions before rollout.
• Build frontend workflows, automated visual testing, and handoff processes to accelerate velocity.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and commercial teams to translate requirements into clean interfaces.

Skills

Frontend engineering

UI/UX design

Design systems

Rapid prototyping

Collaborating with product teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Design/HCI

Tools

Tailwind CSS

CSS Modules

CSS-in-JS

Framer

Protopie

AI-assisted prototyping workflows

Job description

Initi8 Recruitment is partnering with a fast-moving tech company seeking a frontend engineer and designer who can own both product design and engineering aspects. You will shape interfaces, build scalable design systems, and ship production-ready code in a hybrid startup setting.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and commercial teams, prototype rapidly using modern tools and AI workflows, and contribute to core platform workflows and landing pages.