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Design Engineer

San Francisco,...
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Lance

Startup
Category
Design
Experience
0-3 years
Type
Full-Time
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Salary
$120,000 - $200,000
Job Description
Benefits & Culture
Flexible hours
Remote work
Paid time off
Fast-paced environment
Direct feedback
Growth opportunities
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Salary (affects equity %)
Link salary ↔ equity
$125,000
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Equity % (auto from trade-off model)
1.15%
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Projected Exit Value
$350,000,000
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Est. Equity Value at Exit
$100,000
1.19%
$2,082,500
$125,000
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$150,000
0.93%
$1,636,250
$175,000
0.72%
$1,264,375

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Role Overview

We’re looking for a Design Engineer who can own the gap between design and engineering. You’ll work across our product to design and build interfaces that feel simple, fast, and exceptionally polished. This isn’t a traditional design role where you hand off Figma files. You’ll prototype ideas, sweat the details, write production code, and work directly with the team to ship. We care deeply about craft. You should have strong product taste, obsess over interactions and details, and be comfortable moving from an idea to a working experience quickly.

Responsibilities

  1. Design and build production-ready interfaces
  2. Prototype new product ideas quickly
  3. Own interactions, motion, and visual polish
  4. Work directly with product and engineering from concept to launch
  5. Build and evolve our design system
  6. Push the quality bar for everything customers interact with

We’re looking for someone who thinks like a designer, builds like an engineer, and cares deeply about making software feel great.