Founding Frontend Engineer / Design Engineer

flint; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Flint is seeking a consummate creative technologist who designs and codes to push the limits of websites. You will implement product flows you design, using Next.js and Tailwind CSS, and design systems that support AI-driven experiences.

You will lead UX sessions, work closely with the CEO and engineers to shape a unified visual identity, and help bring Flint's product vision to life in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional design engineering or frontend experience.
• Experience building in React.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating web product design.
• Regularly use AI IDEs like Cursor or Windsurf.
• An eye for great website design, guiding the AI to produce beautiful websites.
• Strong communication and upwards management skills.
• Comfort collaborating closely with execs and engineers.
• Excitement about working full-time, in-person in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Designing the Flint product and its core workflows.
• Building and maintaining the core frontend application using Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
• Implementing design systems and component libraries in Flint website templates.
• Leading UXR sessions, turning user feedback into product feedback seamlessly.
• Working closely with the CEO to develop product vision.
• Working closely with founders, engineers, and solutions engineers in weekly sprints.
• Collaborating with the designer to extend Flint's visual identity across the product and world.

Skills

Frontend engineering

React

Portfolio

AI IDEs

Design sense

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

Job description

This is a role for the consummate creative technologist who not only designs, but also codes. You will get to directly implement product flows you design, and use the most cutting edge web technologies to push the limits of websites.

Very uniquely at Flint, design is the product. It's not just about designing our user's interface. It's also about designing the design systems the Flint sites rely on - creating a system that at once can reproduce frontends reliably but also one that AI agents can understand.

It's also about incorporating taste into the AI to produce beautiful websites for our customer's users.

Role scope

• Designing the Flint product and its core workflows
• Building and maintaining the core frontend application using Next.js and Tailwind CSS
• Implementing design systems and component libraries in Flint website templates.
• Leading UXR sessions, turning user feedback into product feedback seamlessly
• Working closely with the CEO to develop product vision
• Working closely with both founders, all engineers, and solutions engineers in weekly based sprints to bring our vision to life
• Working with our designer to implement and extend Flint's visual identity across our product and the world

Basic qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional design engineering or frontend engineering experience
• Experience building in React
• Strong portfolio demonstrating web product design skills
• You regularly use AI IDEs like Cursor or Windsurf
• An eye for great website design, as you will be guiding the AI to produce beautiful websites
• Strong communication and upwards management skills
• Comfort collaborating closely and directly with execs and engineers
• Excitement about working full-time, in-person in San Francisco

Preferred qualifications

• You have built an AI product before
• Experience working in early-stage startups or small teams
• You have a lived understanding of using a website builder (e.g. Webflow or Framer) and/or CMS (e.g. Sanity, Contentful, Strapi)
• Appetite for wearing multiple hats and contributing beyond design when needed