Founding Design Engineer — Design System & UI Lead

Jinba.io; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering software startup is looking for a design engineer to shape the visual and interactive experience of its platform. The role involves designing and building a complete design system and creating intuitive motion designs. Candidates should be proficient in React/TypeScript and have a strong product design sense. The ideal candidate will thrive in early-stage environments, collaborating closely with engineering to ship features and establish design standards. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact as part of a growing international team.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing end-to-end ownership in product design.
• Experience building or significantly contributing to a design system.
• Comfort designing complex interfaces and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the design system: components and documentation.
• Own UI/UX for core product surfaces from concept to implementation.
• Write clean, maintainable frontend code with modern React patterns.

Skills

Product design sense

Motion design ability

Proficient in React/TypeScript

Familiar with component libraries

Understanding of design tokens

Tools

shadcn/ui

Radix

Job description

A pioneering software startup is looking for a design engineer to shape the visual and interactive experience of its platform. The role involves designing and building a complete design system and creating intuitive motion designs. Candidates should be proficient in React/TypeScript and have a strong product design sense. The ideal candidate will thrive in early-stage environments, collaborating closely with engineering to ship features and establish design standards. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact as part of a growing international team.