Design Engineer

About the role

As a Design Engineer at Ramp, you sit at the intersection of design and front-end engineering. You bring ambitious ideas to life in real interfaces, prototype directly in code, validate with customers, and ship production experiences with a high bar for craft, performance, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-craft product experiences: Own key surfaces end to end, from concept through production.
• Use layout, interaction, and motion to make complex behavior feel simple and safe.
• Code: Use LLMs, Cursor, and Claude Code as your starting point. Draft intent, explore implementations, scaffold components, and refactor with AI in the loop.
• Prototype in code and validate with customers: Build interactive prototypes in React and TypeScript and share with real users using self-serve research tools.
• Bridge design systems, product, and brand: Translate Ramp’s design principles into reusable components and patterns. Extend the design system so expressive, brand-aligned moments are easy to build and scale.
• Reveal what our agents are doing without noise: Design patterns that show what AI and automation are doing on behalf of customers. Use hierarchy, copy, and motion to earn trust while keeping the default experience simple.
• Pay attention to performance, accessibility, and reliability as part of craft.
• Share AI-native workflows: Document prompts, patterns, and workflows you use in Cursor and Claude Code. Share them with designers and engineers to raise the bar across the team.

Requirements

• Strong experience across both design and front-end engineering, with ownership from idea to shipped interface.
• Fluency in React, TypeScript or JavaScript, semantic HTML, and modern CSS.
• Active use of tools like Cursor and Claude Code, with clear opinions on how to get high-quality output.
• A portfolio that shows high visual and interaction craft in live experiences or working prototypes.
• A systems mindset and interest in building reusable components and patterns.
• Care for performance, accessibility, and reliability as part of craft.
• Clear written and verbal communication, and comfort pairing with designers, engineers, and marketers.

Qualifications

• Experience contributing to a design system or front-end component library.
• Familiarity with experimentation or analytics tools.
• Experience with headless CMS, design tokens, or theming systems.
• Background in fintech, B2B SaaS, or other trust-heavy domains.
• Interest in mentoring others on AI-native workflows.

Skills

• Strong experience across both design and front-end engineering.
• Fluency in React, TypeScript or JavaScript.
• Active use of tools like Cursor and Claude Code.
• Experience with LLMs, Cursor, and Claude Code.
• Experience with design tokens and theming systems.
• Experience with headless CMS.
• Experience with experimentation or analytics tools.
• Experience with AI and self-serve research.

Benefits

• Full-time Ramp Employees (Global)
• Flexible PTO
• Unlimited AI token usage
• Centralized home-office equipment ordering
• Health and wellness stipend
• Budget for intra-office travel
• Weekly coffee stipend
• United States: 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
• One Medical annual membership
• Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
• Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
• Pet insurance
• In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
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