Design Engineer
Listed on 2026-03-01
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IT/Tech
UI/UX Design, Web Developer, Product Designer, Digital Media / Production
Design Engineer
$175,000 – $250,000 USD + Significant Equity
San Francisco, CA – Willing to sponsor U.S. visas
In Office – 6 Days/Week
About the Role
Tek Rek is working with an early-stage, venture-backed fintech startup that is hiring a founding Design Engineer.
This role will focus on designing and shipping high-quality user interfaces while building AI-powered agents and customer-facing workflows. You’ll work directly with the founders in a three-person team, owning both design and frontend implementation from day one.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and ship high-quality user interfaces using Figma, NextJS, Tailwind, and Type Script
- Build AI-powered agents and customer-facing workflows
- Translate product ideas into polished, production-ready experiences
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on new UI concepts
- Work directly with founders to define product direction
- Make fast, pragmatic design and implementation decisions
Requirements
- Exceptional UI and product design proficiency
- Ability to translate designs into production-ready HTML/CSS/Type Script
- Strong frontend fundamentals (React / NextJS preferred)
- Experience operating in early-stage or fast-moving environments
- Interest in LLMs and AI-native user experiences
- High agency, urgency, and comfort with ambiguity
We’re open to strong product designers who can code at a high level, as well as frontend engineers with exceptional design taste.
Why Apply?
This is a founding-level role with meaningful equity and direct product ownership. You’ll help define both the design language and user experience of an AI-native fintech platform from its earliest stages. High impact, high expectations, and significant upside.
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