Design Engineer

The role

As the first design engineer, you will own how the product looks, feels, and works. You will upgrade existing designs, build new UI, and act as a thought partner for engineers.

What you will do

• Upgrade the design of what has already been built
• Keep design consistent as the product grows
• Design and build the UI for new parts of Hotplate
• Be a thought partner for engineers on UI for their features
• Co-develop visual rewrites with the CEO
• Encode patterns into AI tooling to scale the design system
• Own the quality of UI implementation across the product

Required qualifications

• Equally comfortable in Figma and code editor
• Strong frontend skills: TypeScript, React, Tailwind, animation
• Eye for design details and care about craft
• Experience shipping polished products with pixel perfect execution
• Ability to prototype ideas in hours
• Ability to think in systems and build reusable, maintainable UI components
• Excitement about AI and defining new interaction paradigms
• Daily use of AI design and coding tools
• 2 to 3 years minimum across product design and frontend engineering

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Monthly budget to spend on Hotplate

About the company

Hotplate enables anyone to start and scale a local food business without a brick and mortar. They have supported 7,000 businesses generating $100M+ in sales.