Senior Design Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: Berlin

Compensation: €100K – €150K • Offers Equity

Employment Type: FullTime

What you’ll do

• Take ownership of complex frontend features end-to-end - from scoping and architecture to polished, high-quality delivery

• Push the boundaries of what’s possible with modern frontend technologies and build pixel-perfect, visually refined UI that matches design specs down to the smallest detail

• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Backend teams to translate ideas into elegant, performant user interfaces, ensuring a world-class user experience

• Maintain high standards for code quality, accessibility, and performance through thoughtful reviews, testing, and best practices

• Contribute to evolving our frontend architecture, component library, and design system to support rapid iteration at scale

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of professional frontend engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced startup or high-growth environments

• Deep expertise in TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tooling - with a proven track record of shipping high-quality user-facing products

• Experience contributing to, maintaining or building a shared component library or design system

• A strong portfolio or GitHub showcasing frontend development expertise

• Strong CSS knowledge, professional experience with TailwindCSS and semantic HTML

• Exceptional attention to visual detail and a strong eye for design - capable of translating Figma designs into flawless, pixel-perfect interfaces

• Strong communication skills and a high sense of ownership - able to operate with autonomy while staying aligned with team goals

• Some markers of excellence, which could also be non-work related, like having a high FIDE rating

• Genuinely kind, collaborative and hard-working people who make the team better through empathy and openness

Tech Stack

• Languages: TypeScript, CSS

• Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS, Firebase/Firestore

Bonus Points

• Background working on AI products, complex data-heavy UIs, or real-time applications

• Familiarity with technologies like Firebase/Firestore and shaping efficient frontend–backend interfaces

• Strong architectural ability to design clean, scalable frontend systems

• Academic background in Computer Science or a related technical field

What we offer

• Exciting and challenging work with real impact and ownership at one of Europe’s fastest-growing Series A startups

• Regular team events and off-sites

• Aggressive equity compensation package

• Paid Uber Eats & Uber home when working late

• The most beautiful office space and work environment in Berlin

• Hybrid (minimum three days in the office)