Design Engineer at Fiddle
Job Title: Design Engineer
About the role
Fiddle is a San Francisco-based startup building an IDE for taste-makers that pairs a codebase with an infinite canvas. Founded by an Adobe top 10 designer and elite engineers from Grok and gaming, they are closing the gap between design intent and production code for craft-obsessed teams.
Responsibilities
- Join a three-person founding team as a Design Engineer to build the future of creative tools.
- Own the frontend experience end-to-end, bridge the gap between Figma and production, and ship React components directly to an infinite canvas.
- Design and ship high-fidelity React interactions and components directly to production on an infinite canvas environment.
- Shadow designers and engineers to refine the Fiddle product story, ensuring a seamless experience regardless of a user's technical competency.
- Prototype new features and interactions while helping hire and elevate the engineering culture within a tiny, high-velocity team.
Requirements
- You have a portfolio of distinctive visual work and a deep understanding of the technical constraints surrounding modern design workflows.
- You possess professional experience shipping React components and TypeScript in production environments, moving beyond just static mockups or prototypes.
- You are a high-agency builder, potentially a former founder, who thrives in intense ideation sessions and prioritize craft above all else.
Qualifications
The role is perfect for builders who prioritize visual craft and engineering excellence. It requires a strong foundation in both visual design and software engineering, with a passion for creating intuitive and engaging user experiences.
Skills
- Proficiency in React and TypeScript
- Experience with Figma and other design tools
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
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Pay
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Schedule
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What You Will Do
Join a three-person founding team as a Design Engineer to build the future of creative tools. You will own the frontend experience end-to-end, bridge the gap between Figma and production, and ship React components directly to an infinite canvas. This role is perfect for builders who prioritize visual craft and engineering excellence.
Why this role is remarkable
- Work at the intersection of visual craft and engineering on a product where code becomes the design medium, eliminating painful handoffs.
- Join a high-caliber founding team including an Adobe top 10 designer and engineers with backgrounds in LLM evals and real-time MMO systems.
- Exercise extreme ownership over both the brand identity and the technical architecture of a tool designed to be the IDE for taste-makers.
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