Frontend​/Design Engineer

Location: San Francisco, United States (Office) - Full time on-site

On-Site| Full-time

Compensation: $160K - $265K

We are hiring on behalf of our client, an elite, early‑stage consumer technology organization operating at the intersection of Web3, decentralized prediction markets, and interactive gaming. Backed by top‑tier venture capital, the team is speedrunning toward substantial scale, deliberately maintaining a lean, highly ambitious operating footprint of under 20 exceptional individuals. They are developing next‑generation gamified trading experiences and sophisticated entertainment layers built directly on top of prediction markets, engineering a paradigm shift geared toward mass consumer adoption.

The organization is seeking its first dedicated Frontend / Design Engineer to lead the end‑to‑end execution of how the entire product ecosystem looks, feels, and moves. Operating in a high‑intensity, high‑ownership environment, this individual will collaborate directly with the Chief Executive Officer to translate complex conceptual ideas into production‑ready software within hours. This is an intentional, fast‑paced setting designed for a hungry builder who possesses flawless aesthetic taste, world‑class engineering discipline, and a strong desire to exercise absolute product ownership without the friction of traditional corporate oversight or design‑by‑committee hurdles.

• Rapid Product Deployment: Ship robust, production‑grade user interfaces for web game‑like systems, transactional markets, and highly interactive consumer features on a rapid, continuous cadence.
• Architecture & Design Systems: Architect, expand, and maintain a highly responsive frontend component library, defining the design systems, motion mechanics, and micro‑interactions from concept to completion.
• Frictionless Prototyping: Develop high‑fidelity prototypes and iterate aggressively across multiple product experiments per week, establishing an environment focused strictly on objective product data and zero ego.
• Gamified Mechanics: Construct immersive, ultra‑responsive consumer interfaces that transform complex financial and prediction market mechanics into seamless, engaging, and gamified digital experiences.
• Founder‑Direct
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work strictly alongside the founding executive team, effectively removing product managers and design layers to establish a highly streamlined, high‑impact product delivery workflow.

• Advanced Frontend Craftsmanship: Proven expertise utilizing React, Type Script, Tailwind CSS, and core modern web fundamentals, paired with a distinct ability to autonomously navigate complex technical challenges (leveraging advanced tooling and AI where appropriate).
• Elite Aesthetic Taste: A demonstrable track record of shipping highly polished, visually arresting digital interfaces that set industry‑standard visual benchmarks.
• Velocity and Execution: An obsessive attention to micro‑detail paired with a relentless drive to ship software rapidly; possessing the rare capacity to execute high‑fidelity work under tight time frames.
• Web3 Infrastructure Alignment: Deep familiarity with Web3 tech stacks—specifically regarding wallet integrations, cryptographic signing protocols, and on‑chain read/write interactions—or an aggressive capacity to establish mastery within two weeks.
• Founder Mentality: A preference for broad scope and unstructured environments, with the appetite to manage critical functions extending well beyond a conventional job description.
• Geographic Presence: Full‑time physical presence at the organization’s office headquarters in San Francisco, California. This is an onsite, dedicated collaboration model with no remote or hybrid exceptions.

• Prior experience as a founder or foundational early employee at a fast‑scaling, venture‑backed startup.
• Deep, native alignment with consumer‑facing crypto protocols, decentralized finance (DeFi), or digital gaming ecosystems.
• A robust personal portfolio showcasing creative, complex, or unconventional personal technical projects and engineering experiments.
• Definitive, articulate opinions on modern product frameworks and tooling…