DesignEngineer

At Lapel, we believe the most hospitable companies win. We're building the data, infrastructure, and tools that help customer-facing teams understand every customer and act on that insight at scale throughout the entire customer lifecycle. Most internet businesses want to treat customers well, but their tools work against them. We’re building the layer that makes every interaction feel personal again: unifying context, coordinating action, and closing the gap between intent and experience. It’s a technically ambitious challenge spanning data infrastructure, AI, and systems design – with a deeply human outcome: helping software companies serve people better. We call it hospitality at scale. We’re well-funded, backed by top-tier investors, and already working with incredible companies, from fast-growing startups to large enterprises. We’ll share more details when we talk. ABOUT THIS ROLE This is a role for someone who cares as much about how it looks as how it's built, and won't let either one slip. You'll own Lapel's interfaces from concept through implementation, build the design system the product scales on, and be expected to bring craft and technical rigor to everything you touch.   WHAT YOU’LL DO - Own end-to-end implementation of product interfaces from Figma to production-ready code - Design and build a scalable design system with reusable, accessible components - Collaborate closely with founders and product to shape UX, iterating in both Figma and code - Build polished, responsive interfaces with strong attention to typography, spacing, motion, and interaction - Create interactive prototypes to validate design decisions before full implementation - Write clean, maintainable frontend code using React, TypeScript, and modern styling approaches - Ensure performance and accessibility are built into every interface - Set and uphold a high bar for craft, quality, and user experience across the product - Ship quickly from concept to production while maintaining hig