Confido

Design Engineer

NYC Office. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will shape product and feature roadmaps and build working prototypes. You will partner with engineering and product to define, prototype, and ship experiences for an AI operating system for CPG brands.

What you will do

  • Shape the strategic direction of product and feature roadmaps
  • Build working prototypes and use customer feedback to reshape features
  • Partner with engineering and product to define, prototype, and ship
  • Refine validated patterns directly in code and contribute to the design system
  • Find ways to ship great work under real constraints

Required qualifications

  • 3–5 years of experience across both design and front-end engineering
  • Portfolio demonstrating product thinking, polished craft, and ability to simplify hard problems
  • Track record of seeing large, ambiguous projects from zero to shipped
  • Active use of tools like Cursor and Claude Code
  • Strong eye for design including layout, motion, affordances, and visual polish
  • Direct communication style

Nice to have

  • Ship opinionated work and defend it with taste and data
  • Active, non-gimmicky use of AI tools in your day-to-day workflow
  • Interest in defining interaction patterns for how people work alongside AI agents
  • Treat ambiguity as an invitation, not a blocker
  • Stay current on AI research and tools, shown in your design process
  • Designed for financial, enterprise, or other domains that require complex systems thinking previously
  • Experience in high-growth startups

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Fully paid health coverage through Aetna
  • Top-tier dental and vision coverage through Guardian
  • Carrot Fertility Pro
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Regular 4-day holiday weekends
  • 401(k) through Vestwell
  • Paid relocation support to NYC
  • Fully equipped workspace including laptop, monitor, keyboard, and $200 stipend
  • Catered Friday lunches, team dinners, and unlimited coffee + snacks

About the company

Confido is the AI operating system that runs cash application, deductions, trade and planning in one place for CPG brands. They are trusted by 250+ brands managing $30B+ in revenue.