Founding Frontend Design Engineer

Clera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding team equity

Job summary

Clera is seeking a founding-level frontend design lead who fuses design and engineering to raise the bar across a fast-moving B2B SaaS pricing platform. You’ll own the frontend UX, from the design system to conversational surfaces on Slack and Teams, ensuring a cohesive, polished product.

You’ll work directly with the founders and a small engineering team, with broad influence over product quality and direction from day one.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building product interfaces with high polish.
• Ownership of a production design system or component library.
• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and UI primitives.
• Authorized to work in the US; visa sponsorship is not available.

Responsibilities

• Own the design system end-to-end: tokens, a shadcn/ui-based component library, and Tailwind CSS conventions applied consistently across the product suite.
• Define frontend patterns using React Query, React Hook Form, and Zod — ensuring agent-written PRs land consistent and polished by default.
• Shape conversational interfaces for constrained platforms (Slack Block Kit, Microsoft Teams Adaptive Cards), bringing the same visual and interaction quality as the core product.
• Codify accessibility standards — implement WCAG contrast rules and guardrails directly into brand guidelines and the codebase.
• Maintain and improve frontend tooling and quality: Biome configuration, Playwright E2E test coverage, and frontend performance optimization.
• Translate design intent into code: reusable component abstractions, motion (e.g., Framer Motion, Radix transitions), and tactile micro-interactions.
• Partner cross-functionally with founders and engineers to keep the frontend a thin, polished layer over the API.
• Integrate AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) and custom lint/agent rules into the frontend workflow.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Design system ownership

UI component library

Tools

shadcn/ui

Radix UI

Framer Motion

Job description

Clera is seeking a founding-level frontend design lead who fuses design and engineering to raise the bar across a fast-moving B2B SaaS pricing platform. You’ll own the frontend UX, from the design system to conversational surfaces on Slack and Teams, ensuring a cohesive, polished product.

You’ll work directly with the founders and a small engineering team, with broad influence over product quality and direction from day one.