Design EngineerLocation: San Francisco (in-person, in-office, full-time ONLY)
Compensation: $280K-$520K total annual compensation | $120k-$180k base
What You'll Do
- Design and ship user interfaces that delight-clean, intentional, and thoughtfully detailed
- Own features end-to-end: from design concept through implementation to launch
- Work with product and customers to understand what matters most and iterate based on feedback
- Build frontend components and systems that scale-write clean, maintainable code
- Collaborate with engineers to make design and implementation work together seamlessly
- Push back on bad ideas and propose better solutions-your taste and judgment matter
- Own part of the core product roadmap and help define what gets built next
What Success Looks Like- You ship interfaces that users actually love and choose to use
- You identify friction in the product experience and solve it with better design and implementation
- You balance speed with quality-you ship fast but you don't compromise on details
- Your code is clean and maintainable; your design is intentional and serves the user
- You take full ownership-you don't wait for someone else to solve problems you see
Traits That Thrive at Virio- High agency & self-direction - Acts without waiting for requirements or detailed instructions
- Small-team intensity comfort - Comfortable working intensely and closely with a small, high-output team
- Unorthodox problem solving - Sees non-obvious paths forward and challenges conventional approaches
- Quality-driven execution - Detail-oriented with high standards for correctness and quality
- Low ego & accountability - Takes full ownership and accountability for outcomes
Benefits- Competitive total compensation aligned to impact and ownership
- Meaningful equity upside as part of the founding team
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan
- All working meals covered
- Relocation support for San Francisco
- Company-wide annual off-site
- Direct access to founders and leadership
- High ownership, high trust, and fast career progression alongside world-class client partners
- In-person culture with deep commitment to excellence
This is a full-time, on-site role based in San Francisco. We do not offer hybrid or remote positions.
