Posh
Engineering
DesignEngineer
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.
“Design Engineer at Posh. Skills: Design Engineer, Frontend development, Design systems. Blur lines between design and code. Collaborate with product, design, engineering”
Industry & Context.
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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