Design Engineer

We’re hiring a design engineer to design and build Orthogonal’s product. You’ll work across product design and front-end engineering, taking ideas from early flows and prototypes through production React. You’ll work directly with the founders and users. This is a full-time, in-person role in San Francisco.

• Design clear workflows for developers using Orthogonal’s dashboard, SDK, MCP, and CLI
• Turn designs into production interfaces with Next.js, React, and Type Script
• Build and maintain a consistent design system
• Prototype ideas and test them with users
• Improve accessibility, responsiveness, and interaction details across the product
• Work with engineering to define and ship product changes

• 3+ years of professional experience in product design, front-end engineering, or design engineering
• Strong product judgment and attention to visual and interaction details
• Comfortable moving between design tools and production front-end code
• Experience with React, Type Script, HTML, and CSS
• Able to simplify technical workflows without hiding important details
• A portfolio that shows both product thinking and implementation work
• Comfortable working closely with a small team and changing priorities

• Experience with motion, data visualization, or information design
• Built and shipped your own products
• Open source contributions

Stage YC W26, Seed

Reports to Founders directly