Design Engineer

Job description

ABOUT WARP Warp is the AI-native Employee Management Platform for ambitious companies. Our platform includes HRIS, payroll, IT, benefits, tax compliance, and more - all built from scratch on an AI-native architecture from day 1. Warp embeds itself into every part of a company's people operating layer, we process over half a billion $ annually in payroll, on track to grow to $2B. Legacy vendors in our space built their businesses by profiting from complexity. Warp is built from day one for AI to be the primary operator, not a feature. Every advance in LLM capability widens our lead. We hire people who ship constantly, own outcomes, and care about craft. If you want to build something that automates an entire category of core work, not just another point solution, this is the place. We've raised over $85M from top investors like Ashton Kutcher/Sound Ventures, Y Combinator, founders of Dropbox, Replit, SV Angel, and Homebrew Capital. Built by an obsessive team from MIT, Ramp, Brex, Google, Dropbox, Apple, and more. ABOUT THE ROLE Warp is a product-driven company building the future of automated back-office operations. We're looking for a design engineer who's excited to join our early story and help us maintain the highest quality bar possible. As a Design Engineer at Warp, you'll be directly responsible for curating the user experience of the next generation of fintech products. You'll design core cross-platform product flows, landing pages, and marketing assets that convert prospects into customers and transform complex financial operations into seamless user journeys. Working at the intersection of design and engineering, you'll prototype user-experiences, establish design patterns that scale across our platform, and implement frontend experiences that measurably increase user satisfaction. This role offers the rare opportunity to shape how customers experience financial technology while driving measurable business outcomes. You'll design and ship the user interfaces that make complex financial workflows intuitive, create design systems that scale across our product suite, and develop the frontend infrastructure that transforms product insights into delightful experiences. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Core Product Design and Development: Design, build, and maintain core product design systems across web and mobile applications, ensuring consistent user experiences that scale with our rapid growth - Growth and Marketing Asset Design: Design social media assets, landing pages, event posters, and team merchandise that drive attention and growth while maintaining brand consistency across all touchpoints - Design System Evolution: Establish and maintain component libraries, design tokens, and documentation that enable consistent, efficient product development across the entire platform - Prototyping and Validation: Use design software and AI to rapidly prototype new features and interface concepts to validate design decisions before full implementation - Process and Tooling: Build internal design and development workflows that improve team velocity, from design handoff processes to automated testing for visual consistency - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with product, engineering, and sales teams to translate business requirements into elegant design solutions that balance user needs with technical constraints - Strategic Design Thinking: Contribute to long-term product vision by identifying opportunities to simplify complex financial workflows and reduce operational overhead for our users QUALIFICATIONS - 2+ years of product design and engineering experience - Strong expertise in product design software (pref. Figma) - Experience writing CSS - Startup or digital agency experience as a founder, early engineer, or design roles - An understanding of fintech product user experience - Excellent communication skills - High agency and the ability to figure things out BENEFITS AT WARP: - 100% Health Coverage: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents. - 401(k) Matching: Start investing in your future from day one. - Unlimited PTO: We offer flexible PTO, meaning you’re trusted to take the time you need to recharge while balancing your responsibilities and team commitments. - Commuter Benefits: Pre-tax commuter benefits for your daily trip to our NYC office. - Catered Lunch Daily: Great food, every day, on us. No meal prep, no decision fatigue. - Quarterly Offsites: Beautiful locations to connect as a team. Past locations include Spain and Catskills. Warp is based in New York City, and most of our team works together in-office 5x per week. Please refer to the top of this page for this position's hiring location and working model.