Design Engineer (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid, with a regular in-person presence 2–3 days per week at a hub in New York City, Austin, San Francisco, or Washington, D.C.; full-time remote is not available.

Annual US base salary: $150,000–$200,000.

Company

hirify.global is a developer-first financial connectivity platform providing liability connectivity and instant payment execution through APIs used by financial institutions and consumer applications.

What you will do

• Own the visual and interactive quality of the design system, including component states, motion, and consistency across web properties.
• Build shader-based website experiences with Three.js and WebGL, including hero sections, ambient motion, and branded interactive moments.
• Redesign the dashboard with polished transitions, data visualization, and generative UI components driven by JSON.
• Architect a component library for dynamic, structured-data-driven charts, layouts, and UI elements.
• Make technical and product tradeoffs between bespoke work and existing tooling, communicating decisions clearly.
• Collaborate with engineers and the Head of Design on visual direction, future hiring, and reducing reliance on contractors for production design and frontend UI work.

Requirements

• Shipped interactive web work requiring shaders, with hands-on Three.js, WebGL, and GLSL experience demonstrated in a portfolio.
• Understanding of the full stack from GPU rendering to React component architecture, including why experiences should run in-browser rather than as video.
• Strong aesthetic judgment and the technical range to execute designs without dedicated designer-produced comps.
• Experience building production design systems and component libraries that are used by others.
• Individual contributor who defaults to building and can work independently without extensive structure.
• Experience in environments with strong design craft, such as design studios, developer tooling companies, creative agencies, or strong indie development.
• Comfort being the only specialist in this area for a period of time and making progress independently.
• Quality and depth of experience matter more than a specific number of years; prior experience under the Design Engineer title is not required.

Nice to have

• Background in creative coding, gaming, or CGI, with shader experience from multiple perspectives.
• Open source contributions to Three.js, shader communities, or creative coding libraries.
• Experience with Rive, Framer, or Lottie and judgment about when to use them versus custom implementations.
• Experience at companies or studios known for frontend craft.
• Familiarity with generative UI patterns and JSON-driven component rendering.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employees receive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with basic medical plans fully covered.
• Flexible PTO, 12 weeks of parental leave, commuter benefits, and a $30-per-day lunch allowance when working from the office.
• Phone/internet, work-from-home, student loan repayment, lifestyle spending, and learning and development stipends.
• Hybrid offices stocked with snacks and quarterly team off-sites.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.