Posh

Engineering

DesignEngineer

$180–220k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Design Engineer at Posh. Skills: Design Engineer, Frontend development, Design systems. Blur lines between design and code. Collaborate with product, design, engineering”

Industry & Context.

Engineering
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years building frontend, 2+ years Design Engineer role, React and React Native, TypeScript, modern CSS, Figma Fluency, Portfolio of shipped work, product instincts, bias toward ownership, Comfortable working in-person NYC 5 days/week

Nice to Have

Consumer, social, or marketplace products background, Experience shaping cross-platform design system, Background working closely with Senior Product Designers, Past experience as tech lead, Side projects, open-source contributions, or public writing

What You'll Do.

Blur lines between design and code

Collaborate with product

Narrow gap between prototypes and code

Enable process and tool enablement

Bridge gap between design and engineering

Improve design system usability

Optimize responsiveness and motion

Own delight as a deliverable

Integrate into design review process

Add micro-interactions

Enable engineering to prioritize delight

Maintain and grow components

Make it simple for engineers

Use code as thinking tool

Build working prototypes

Resolve product debates

Put real interactions front of users

Raise bar for frontend

Mentor frontend engineers

Set patterns and standards

Influence what we build

Bring unique insights

Enhance approach to solution framing

Provide R&D leadership

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product; Design; Engineering; Cross-functional teams

Full Job Description

ABOUT POSH We are all social creatures, but the dominant “social” companies today have evolved into digital loneliness machines, driving isolation, anxiety, and mental health challenges around the world. Human connection is lost. Posh is a beacon guiding us back. Posh enables anyone to build an IRL community based on shared interests, while connecting consumers with the communities of people just like them. Founded by event organizers who were frustrated with the growing loneliness epidemic and the tools available to build their own event brand, we’ve built the ultimate platform for launching, monetizing, and finding IRL communities of people just like you. In just 6 years, Posh has grown to a team of 70, expanded to 8M+ users, secured $70m in venture funding, and facilitated over $350M in transactions. ABOUT THE ROLE The bar for consumer software not "it works" — it's "it feels alive." Reaching that bar requires people who can hold design and code quality as mutual priorities. As a Design Engineer at Posh, you'll work across both our React Native event discovery app and the React web tools that power IRL creator businesses — you will be the seam between Product, Design, and Engineering anchored on our platform team. Owning the craft of what we ship to millions of people finding and creating IRL communities around the world. This role is different from any traditional engineering role, perfect for someone who began their career as a product designer, moved into frontend/product engineering roles, and has been looking for a way to marry both their skillsets in a position that blurs the lines between design and code to bring visionary ideas to life like never before. The ideal candidate is a tastemaker who’s passionate about adding magical moments to core user flows while empowering the entire engineering team with frameworks and tools that inject design-first orientation into every new product iteration we make. This is an in-person position at our NYC office, locate

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