Product Designer & Frontend Engineer

Calmar built by Gateway Ventures one of Europes biggest Startup Investor Networks is a platform for startup financing in Europe. More than 300 funding rounds and over 32 million have already been closed through it. More than 50 investor networks use Calmar under their own brand to organise rounds pool investments and manage holdings connecting over 7000 investors and founders.

Were looking for people who want to build Europes largest Startup financing platform with us.

Your work is roughly half product design and half frontend engineering. As our only designer and a core part of our frontend team you shape the look feel and usability of and see features through from the first idea until theyre live. You work closely with our Head of Product & Technology and our Lead Engineer who supports you with architecture and code reviews. Our stack includes Nuxt 3 PHP/Laravel and AWS and we use AI tools in our daily work.

• Talk to users and analyse the experience of our existing platform to find where it falls short.

• Redesign key journeys from onboarding to investment including regulated flows.

• Design clear polished interfaces that make complex financial processes easy to understand.

• Build these interfaces yourself in and Nuxt 3.

• Own and develop our design system and component library with consistent accessible components and clear interface copy.

• Make sure our platform looks and works well for every partner network using it under their own brand.

• Use AI tools to prototype and build faster without compromising on quality.

• Review the user experience before releases and follow up on usability issues after launch.

• At least 2 years of experience in product or UX design with a strong eye for interaction and visual design.

• A portfolio that includes frontend work you designed and built yourself running in production.

• Solid skills in HTML CSS JavaScript/TypeScript and a component-based framework such as or React.

• Experience with design systems and Figma or similar tools.

• Practical experience with user interviews and usability testing.

• Fluent English.

• Experience with and Nuxt.

• Experience with theming or multi-brand design systems.

• German as many of our customers are German-speaking.

• Full ownership of the user experience from research to production code.

• Direct access to customers and close collaboration with a small experienced team.

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid setup with home office and our office in Viennas 1st district.

• New hardware and modern AI-assisted tooling.

• A friendly startup culture regular events and a supportive team.

• Access to a large ecosystem of investors angel networks and founders across Europe.

• The option to join our VSOP after the probation period.

The minimum salary for this full-time position is 55000 gross per year. We are prepared to offer a higher salary depending on your qualifications and experience.