Jobs · Engineering · California

Product Engineer

Crossing Hurdles · San Francisco, CA · Today
On-siteEngineering$150k/yrFull-time

About the role

Own the end-to-end product experience from concept to production, combining design thinking with high-quality frontend execution.

Design and build intuitive, elegant, and high-performance user interfaces across web, desktop, and mobile platforms.

Craft delightful interactions, animations, and transitions that make the product feel fast, responsive, and alive.

Collaborate directly with founders and engineers to shape product direction, not just execution.

Translate ambiguous user problems into clear UX flows, interaction patterns, and pixel-perfect UI implementations.

Continuously improve onboarding, navigation, and core product flows to enhance clarity, usability, and engagement.

Build and evolve a scalable design system to ensure consistency and speed as the product grows.

Ship fast, iterate often, and take full ownership of features without traditional design-engineering handoffs.

Operate as a hands-on IC in a small, highly collaborative, and high-agency team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own the product surface end-to-end where your design decisions directly impact user experience and product adoption.
  • Collaborate directly with founders and engineers to shape product direction, not just execution.
  • Translate ambiguous user problems into clear UX flows, interaction patterns, and pixel-perfect UI implementations.
  • Build and evolve a scalable design system to ensure consistency and speed as the product grows.
  • Ship fast, iterate often, and take full ownership of features without traditional design-engineering handoffs.
  • Operate as a hands-on IC in a small, highly collaborative, and high-agency team environment.

Requirements

  • 2 - 5 years of experience in a Design Engineer, Product Designer (with coding), or Frontend-focused design role.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing both design thinking and frontend implementation (React or similar frameworks).
  • Proficiency in modern design and development tools such as Figma, React, Tailwind CSS, or equivalent.
  • Strong understanding of UX principles, interaction design, and visual design systems.
  • Experience building polished, production-ready interfaces with attention to detail and performance.
  • Comfort working in fast-paced startup environments with high ownership and minimal structure.
  • Able to collaborate closely with engineers and take features from idea to shipped product.
  • Strong product sense with an eye for aesthetics, usability, and user delight.
  • Passion for crafting beautiful, intuitive, and impactful user experiences.

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