Design Engineer — Frontend Craft (On-Site: NYC/BA)

Profound; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Profound is seeking a Design Engineer to bridge design and engineering, delivering polished UI across core product and marketing surfaces. You will work with designers, product managers, and engineers to translate intent into precise, high-fidelity implementations, crafting layouts, typography, and motion with Tailwind CSS.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration in fast-moving teams, and building reusable UI foundations while ensuring performance and accessibility across the

Qualifications

• Prototyping and shipping high-quality UI in production.
• Strong CSS skills with pixel-perfect implementation.
• Experience collaborating with designers and engineers in fast-moving teams.
• Portfolio demonstrating high-craft frontend or design engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship polished, production-quality UI across core product or marketing site.
• Partner with designers, PMs, and engineers to translate intent into high-fidelity implementations.
• Craft UI details including layouts, typography, responsiveness, motion, and micro-interactions using Tailwind CSS.
• Contribute to marketing site and logged-out experiences with equal quality and performance.
• Contribute to shared UI foundations including components, patterns, and design tokens.
• Work across the stack using React, Next.js, and TypeScript to deliver fast interfaces.
• Optimize for performance, accessibility, and maintainability without compromising design.
• Raise the bar for frontend craft through code reviews and shared standards.

Skills

CSS

Pixel-perfect UI

Design thinking

End-to-end ownership

Cross-functional

Startup mindset

Product thinking

Builder mindset

Side projects

Tools

React

Next.js

Tailwind

TypeScript

Job description

Profound is seeking a Design Engineer to bridge design and engineering, delivering polished UI across core product and marketing surfaces. You will work with designers, product managers, and engineers to translate intent into precise, high-fidelity implementations, crafting layouts, typography, and motion with Tailwind CSS.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration in fast-moving teams, and building reusable UI foundations while ensuring performance and accessibility across the