Design Engineer
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About Porter
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About the role
Series A funded, profitable, growing 8x in ARR since 2022, headquartered in New York with an SF office. Flat team, high ownership, working with some of the most exciting YC-backed companies. About the Role Porter is hiring a Design / Micro-Interaction Engineer to own the craft and feel of the Porter platform. You will work directly with Justin, the design lead and Co-Founder, on information architecture, core product flows, micro-interactions, and a full rebrand rollout. This is not a handoff role. You design it, you implement it, you own it. Porter is a company that cares about building something beautiful. They are not afraid of tackling the hardest problems. The closest reference point for the type of person they are looking for is Vercel's design engineering team. There is no product team at Porter — engineers own the full development lifecycle, talk to customers directly, and decide what to build. If that excites you, keep reading.
What you'll own
- Own design and front-end implementation of core Porter product flows end-to-end
- Lead the rebrand rollout across the Porter website and product
- Define information architecture and design, create and monitor flows for the platform's main objects
- Work directly with Justin to align on design sense, then go above and beyond it
- Loop into in-flight work streams, give design feedback, and progressively take on owned projects
- Talk to customers directly and bring product intuition to what gets built
- Work in two-week project cycles with full autonomy to propose and drive your own work
Requirements
Must-have
- 5+ years of design or micro-interaction engineering experience
- Portfolio required demonstrating a strong sense of craft and curiosity. Justin reviews this directly
- Comfortable and excited about implementing designs, not just creating them in Figma
- Deep Figma fluency with fast iteration ability
- AI-native approach to design, excited to use AI to move faster without being blocked by engineering
- Low ego and strong collaborative instincts, you will work closely with Justin
- Strong communicator who can articulate why something is a good idea
- Genuine interest in dev tooling, Porter is not trying to convince people to care about this space
- Based in or willing to relocate to New York, fully in-person 5 days a week
- Visa sponsorship available
Nice-to-have
- Background at Vercel or a similar developer tooling company with a strong design engineering culture
- Experience with information architecture and complex product systems
- Prior experience shipping micro-interactions in production
Benefits & perks
- Meaningful Equity
- 30 days PTO
- 30 days remote per year
- Relocation covered
- On-site work trial paid
Interview process
- 1Application review
- 2Intro
- 3Second Round
- 4Two-day on-site
- 5Offer Extended
- 6Hired
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