Design Engineer: Shader UI & Design System Lead

Method Financial; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Flexible PTO

Lunch allowance ($30/day)

Parental leave (12 weeks)

Commuter benefits

Phone/internet stipend

WFH stipend

Student loan repayment

Lifestyle Spending stipend

Learning & Development stipend

Hybrid-office snacks

Quarterly team off-sites

Job summary

Method is hiring its first Design Engineer to own the craft layer across all web properties—website, design system, demos, and product. You’ll partner with the Head of Design to set aesthetic direction, make technical calls, and ship high-quality frontend work.

The role focuses on building a designer-friendly, technically credible UI with a token system, a new design system, and a dashboard with generative UI. Open source is encouraged.

Qualifications

• Shipped interactive web work requiring shader writing (Three.js/WebGL/GLSL).
• Understanding of full stack from GPU rendering to in-browser React architecture.
• Strong aesthetic vision and ability to execute without handoffs.
• Built production design systems and component libraries used by others.
• Individual contributor by nature; capable of self-direction.

Responsibilities

• Own the visual and interactive quality of Method's design system across surfaces.
• Build shader-based experiences for the website using Three.js and WebGL.
• Redesign and elevate the dashboard with advanced data viz and generative UI.
• Architect a dynamic, data-driven component library.
• Decide when to invest in bespoke work vs. existing tooling and communicate tradeoffs.
• Reduce reliance on contractors for production design and front-end work.
• Collaborate with engineers and Head of Design on direction and hiring as the team grows.

Skills

Shader coding

Three.js

WebGL

GLSL

React architecture

Design systems

Component libraries

Independent contributor

Frontend craft

Tools

Framer

Lottie

OpenGL/WebGL tooling

Job description

Method is hiring its first Design Engineer to own the craft layer across all web properties—website, design system, demos, and product. You’ll partner with the Head of Design to set aesthetic direction, make technical calls, and ship high-quality frontend work.

The role focuses on building a designer-friendly, technically credible UI with a token system, a new design system, and a dashboard with generative UI. Open source is encouraged.