The UX Engineer Role.This isn't a traditional product designer role, and it isn't a traditional front-end engineering role either. We're looking for someone who can move seamlessly from customer problems to interaction design to production-ready prototypes - the connective tissue between product strategy, design, and engineering. Responsibilities include:
- Own end-to-end UX design and rapid prototyping for new product initiatives, from concept through implementation-ready design
- Build interactive, near-production-quality prototypes using React, TypeScript, or similar frameworks to validate ideas before full engineering investment
- Partner with Engineering to validate technical feasibility early and reduce handoff friction
- Help establish and evolve reusable UI patterns, components, and Reality Defender's broader design system
- Advocate for usability, accessibility, and thoughtful interaction design across the platform
- Work alongside Product Managers to define customer experiences before development begins
- Facilitate cross-team alignment by making complex ideas tangible through prototypes and visual storytelling
Who you are.- 5+ years designing and building modern SaaS applications
- Strong portfolio demonstrating both UX design and front-end implementation
- Expertise with Figma and modern prototyping tools
- Experience building interfaces using React, TypeScript, or similar front-end frameworks
- Strong understanding of interaction design, usability, and accessibility
- Ability to rapidly move from concept to prototype
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, and comfort in a fast-moving startup environment
- Nice to have: enterprise software design experience, AI or cybersecurity product experience, familiarity with design systems and component libraries, user research/usability testing experience, or motion/interaction animation experience
Within 1 month, you'll...- Be embedded within Product and Engineering workflows
- Be up to speed on Reality Defender's current design system, tooling, and prototyping stack
- Have shadowed the existing design-to-development handoff processWithin 3 months, you'll...
Within 3 months, you'll...- Have delivered prototypes for at least one key product initiative
- Have shipped a concrete improvement to the design-to-development handoff process
- Have identified specific opportunities to streamline UX across the platform
Within 6 months, you'll...- Have a repeatable design and prototyping process running
- Have measurably reduced iteration time on at least one product initiative
- Have contributed meaningfully to the evolution of the design system
What we offer.Reality Defender offers the following benefits to all our employees, regardless of location:
- Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage available for dependents
- Dental and Vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and their dependents
- Short/Long-term disability and life insurance plans with 100% premium coverage for employees
- FSA/HSA and 401k programs
- Equity compensation
- 20 days of PTO per year
- 12 weeks of Parental Leave
- Learning and Development budget
- Monthly wellness benefits
- Annual company-sponsored offsite
For employees working from Reality Defender's HQ in NYC, we offer the following benefits:
- Daily in-office lunch through UberEats
- Commuter benefits
- Remote Fridays
- Happy Hours and other local events
