Design Engineer: Own Web & Design System for AI Security

Vega; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Vega is seeking a hands-on designer and frontend engineer to own vega.io end to end—from landing pages to interactive experiences. You’ll design and build, shaping how the brand shows up on the web while collaborating with the in-house creative studio.

You’ll maintain the component library and BrandOS design system, work with content and marketing teams in Astro and Vercel, and bring motion with GSAP or Framer Motion to deliver fast, accessible, and scalable web experiences.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in design and/or frontend development.
• Portfolio showing design sensibility and ability to build what you design.
• Fluent in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Proficient in Figma and able to design what you build.
• Experience with headless CMS platforms (Directus or similar).
• Motion code experience (GSAP, Framer Motion, Lottie).
• Genuine understanding of performance, accessibility, and responsive craft.
• Excited about being part of a small team where your work is highly visible from day one.

Responsibilities

• Own vega.io end to end: design, build, ship, iterate.
• Build and maintain our component library and living design system (BrandOS) in collaboration with the design team.
• Manage and evolve content through our CMS (Directus), working closely with the marketing and content teams.
• Translate brand direction into interactive web experiences: scroll-driven storytelling, ROI calculators, product tours, campaign microsites.
• Help shape how the brand evolves on the web, alongside the rest of the design team.
• Bring motion to the site - subtle interactions, micro-animations, the occasional bigger moment.
• Own deployments via Git and Vercel, and keep the site fast, accessible, and production-ready.
• Help define how design and web come together as we scale the function.

Skills

Frontend development

Design sense

Portfolio

HTML

CSS

JavaScript/TypeScript

Figma

Motion code

Tools

Astro

Next.js

SvelteKit

Nuxt

Directus CMS

GSAP

Framer Motion

Lottie

Job description

Vega is seeking a hands-on designer and frontend engineer to own vega.io end to end—from landing pages to interactive experiences. You’ll design and build, shaping how the brand shows up on the web while collaborating with the in-house creative studio.

You’ll maintain the component library and BrandOS design system, work with content and marketing teams in Astro and Vercel, and bring motion with GSAP or Framer Motion to deliver fast, accessible, and scalable web experiences.