Job Description
Overview The Design Engineer on the Horizon team plays a critical role in shaping the look, feel, and usability of the AI platform, from zero to one. This role turns product ideas, complex workflows, and user needs into polished interfaces that feel intuitive, trustworthy, and delightful across desktop and mobile experiences. Working across product design, frontend engineering, and AI-native workflows, this individual partners closely with Engineering, Product, Data, Security, Operations, and domain Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to make sophisticated platform capabilities simple and useful for real users. This role contributes to the development and evolution of core product experiences, spanning interaction design, visual systems, information architecture, design systems, responsive interfaces, prototyping, production frontend implementation, accessibility, performance, and usability within a regulated, high-stakes environment. Success requires exceptional product taste, strong frontend craft, pragmatic systems thinking, and a bias toward shipping. The Design Engineer is expected to operate in an AI-native product environment, using modern design tools, coding agents, rapid prototyping workflows, and frontend frameworks to move quickly from concept to production. In parallel, this individual will help create the foundation for AI-enabled product capabilities by ensuring the user experience is clear, coherent, fast, accessible, and easy for teams to extend. This is a fully remote position that offers a competitive salary range of $140,000 to $180,000, plus an annual bonus. You'll also receive our excellent benefits package, which includes medical coverage starting on day one and a company-matched 401(k). Compensation may vary based on experience, location, and other job-related factors. Responsibilities Product Experience & Visual Craft Define and evolve the product experience, visual language, interaction patterns, and overall feel of the platform across key user journeys Translate ambiguous product goals, user needs, and AI workflow concepts into clear flows, prototypes, and polished interface designs Raise the bar at the macro level, but also with great attention to detail at the micro level. Re-imagine usability, hierarchy, typography, spacing, motion, micro interactions, state transitions, etc. for AI-native platforms Frontend Engineering & Prototyping Build production-quality frontend experiences using modern technologies such as React, TypeScript, Next.js, CSS, or comparable frameworks Move fluidly from prototype to shipped product, balancing speed, maintainability, accessibility, responsiveness, and technical quality Own frontend changes from design exploration and implementation through production rollout, feedback, and iteration AI-Native Workflows & Platform UX Design and build interfaces that make complex AI capabilities, model outputs, human review flows, and operational workflows easy to use Partner with Engineering, Data, and domain teams to connect interfaces to real services, data, model outputs, permissions, and platform capabilities Identify where AI can improve user productivity while preserving clarity, trust, control, and auditability in the experience Design Systems, Quality & Accessibility Create and maintain reusable components, design-system primitives, interaction patterns, and frontend conventions that help the product scale consistently Improve interface quality through thoughtful component architecture, responsive behavior, browser performance, accessibility, and cross-device polish Contribute to documentation, examples, usage guidance, and review practices that help engineers and designers apply patterns consistently Identify and address UX debt, visual inconsistencies, and frontend quality risks before they become entrenched in the product Collaboration, Research & Iteration Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Security, Operations, and SMEs to understand workflows, constraints, and user pain points Use customer feedback, usability findings, analytics, and stakeholder input to improve product clarity and usefulness over time Balance user delight with operational, compliance, security, and engineering constraints appropriate for a regulated fintech environment Culture & Craft Contribute to a culture of ownership, curiosity, taste, pragmatism, and high product craft Raise the bar through thoughtful design critique, clear communication, strong frontend execution, and sound product judgment Qualifications: 4-7+ years of