Design Engineer

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

What you will do

Own the design and development of delightful pixel-perfect and performant trading interfaces that feel magical to use.
Push the boundaries of CSS animations motion design and micro-interactions to create interfaces that are both functional and emotionally engaging.
Build and maintain a scalable design system (Figma React Tailwind) that enables rapid iteration without sacrificing quality.
Prototype experiment and ship high-fidelity UI/UX that balances creativity with real-time performance requirements.
Collaborate closely with product design and backend teams to bring new trading workflows from idea prototype production at breakneck speed.
Optimize React apps for ultra-low latency capable of handling hundreds of real-time updates per second without dropping frames.

What you bring

5 years of frontend engineering experience with a portfolio showcasing your work (links to live products Dribbble GitHub etc.).
Mastery of React TypeScript and Tailwind (or equivalent modern UI stack).
Deep experience with motion libraries like Framer Motion React Spring or similar.
Proven track record of crafting micro-interactions animations and transitions that feel effortless but are engineered with rigor.
Strong intuition for visual and interaction design typography spacing color layout rhythm and motion all matter to you.
Ability to operate as a design engineer: you think in both Figma and code and can rapidly translate concepts into production-ready systems.
High agency thrive in ambiguous environments and obsessed with shipping interfaces that delight traders at scale.

Bonus Points

Experience building real-time data-intensive applications (finance trading or gaming a plus).
Have optimised React apps to sustain 60fps under extreme load (hundreds of DOM updates per second).
Worked on design systems or component libraries at scale.
Contributions to open-source UI/animation libraries.
An aesthetic sense that shows up everywhere from thoughtful UI polish to obsessing over easing curves.

What you will do Own the design and development of delightful pixel-perfect and performant trading interfaces that feel magical to use.Push the boundaries of CSS animations motion design and micro-interactions to create interfaces that are both functional and emotionally engaging.Build and maintain ...

What you will do

Own the design and development of delightful pixel-perfect and performant trading interfaces that feel magical to use.
Push the boundaries of CSS animations motion design and micro-interactions to create interfaces that are both functional and emotionally engaging.
Build and maintain a scalable design system (Figma React Tailwind) that enables rapid iteration without sacrificing quality.
Prototype experiment and ship high-fidelity UI/UX that balances creativity with real-time performance requirements.
Collaborate closely with product design and backend teams to bring new trading workflows from idea prototype production at breakneck speed.
Optimize React apps for ultra-low latency capable of handling hundreds of real-time updates per second without dropping frames.

What you bring

5 years of frontend engineering experience with a portfolio showcasing your work (links to live products Dribbble GitHub etc.).
Mastery of React TypeScript and Tailwind (or equivalent modern UI stack).
Deep experience with motion libraries like Framer Motion React Spring or similar.
Proven track record of crafting micro-interactions animations and transitions that feel effortless but are engineered with rigor.
Strong intuition for visual and interaction design typography spacing color layout rhythm and motion all matter to you.
Ability to operate as a design engineer: you think in both Figma and code and can rapidly translate concepts into production-ready systems.
High agency thrive in ambiguous environments and obsessed with shipping interfaces that delight traders at scale.

Bonus Points

Experience building real-time data-intensive applications (finance trading or gaming a plus).
Have optimised React apps to sustain 60fps under extreme load (hundreds of DOM updates per second).
Worked on design systems or component libraries at scale.
Contributions to open-source UI/animation libraries.
An aesthetic sense that shows up everywhere from thoughtful UI polish to obsessing over easing curves.