Design Engineer
San Francisco, CA
The role
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.
What you'll do
- Design clear workflows for developers using Orthogonal’s dashboard, SDK, MCP, and CLI
- Turn designs into production interfaces with Next.js, React, and TypeScript
- 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
Who you are
- 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, TypeScript, 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
Nice to have
- Experience designing developer tools, API products, or data products
- Experience with motion, data visualization, or information design
- Built and shipped your own products
- Open source contributions
Details
LocationSan Francisco, CA (in-person)
StageYC W26, Seed
Reports toFounders directly
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