Design Engineer

Confido

$110K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience in design and front-end engineering, preferably in B2B SaaS or complex workflow products
  • A portfolio showcasing strong product thinking and polished design craft
  • Proven history of delivering large projects from inception to launch
  • Proficiency with tools like Cursor and Claude Code, with a focus on quality output
  • Strong design sensibility, addressing layout, motion, and visual elements
  • Ability to communicate effectively, influencing through thought leadership rather than hierarchy

Responsibilities

  • Shape strategic direction for product and feature roadmaps
  • Build early prototypes for user feedback and iterate based on insights
  • Collaborate with engineering and product teams for rapid prototyping and shipping
  • Pay meticulous attention to detail in design for optimal user experience
  • Translate validated design patterns into functional code within the design system
  • Find creative solutions for delivering quality work under constraints

Benefits

  • Equity in the company
  • Comprehensive health coverage at 100% premium coverage
  • Top-tier dental and vision insurance
  • Comprehensive fertility and family-forming support through Carrot
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Unlimited PTO and regular 4-day holiday weekends
  • 401(k) plan through Vestwell
  • Paid relocation support to NYC
  • Fully equipped workspace setup on day one
  • Team perks including catered lunches and snacks
Full Job Description
The Role

We're building the operating system for CPG brands, covering demand planning, finance, accounting, and sales in one platform. Design here means owning real surface area across a complex, interconnected product, not shipping buttons in isolation.

We're a small team that moves fast, communicates directly, and sweats the details. You'll work closely with product and engineering to define not just what things look like, but how the whole experience fits together.

What you'll do
  • Shape the strategic direction of product and feature roadmaps, not just execute them
  • Build working prototypes early, put them in front of real customers, and use what you learn to reshape the feature before it's fully built outearly, put them in front of real customers, and use what you learn to reshape the feature before it's fully built out
  • Partner tightly with engineering and product to define, prototype, and ship-often all in the same week
  • Sweat the details, the hundreds of small decisions that make a complex operator tool feel effortless instead of overwhelming
  • Take validated patterns and refine them directly in code, contributing back into the design system
  • Find ways to ship great work under real constraints. Scrappily, not sloppily


What you bring
  • 3-5 years of experience across both design and front-end engineering, ideally in B2B SaaS, enterprise tools, or complex workflow products
  • A portfolio that demonstrates strong product thinking, polished craft, and the ability to make hard problems feel simple
  • Track record of seeing large, ambiguous projects through from zero to shipped
  • Active use of tools like Cursor and Claude Code, with clear opinions on how to get high-quality output from them
  • A strong eye for design, with deep care for layout, motion, affordances, and visual polish
  • Direct communication style; you influence through the quality of your thinking, not org chart position


You'll stand out if you
  • 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
  • Have experience in high-growth startups


Learn more about Design at Confido here

Perks + Benefits
  • Equity - own a meaningful piece of the company you're helping build
  • Fully paid health coverage through Aetna - we cover 100% of employee premiums
  • Top-tier dental and vision coverage through Guardian
  • Carrot Fertility Pro - comprehensive fertility and family-forming support
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Unlimited PTO - plus regular 4-day holiday weekends we actually take
  • 401(k) through Vestwell
  • Paid relocation support - we'll help you make the move to NYC
  • Fully equipped workspace from day one - laptop, monitor, keyboard, and a $200 stipend to personalize your setup
  • Team perks - catered Friday lunches, team dinners, and unlimited coffee + snacks featuring products from the brands we work with

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