Design Engineer (Santa Clara)

Design Engineer $175,000 – $250,000 USD + Significant Equity San Francisco, CA –

Willing to sponsor U.S. visas In Office – 6 Days/Week

About the Role TekRek is working with an early-stage, venture-backed fintech startup that is hiring a founding Design Engineer.

This role will focus on designing and shipping high-quality user interfaces while building AI-powered agents and customer-facing workflows. You’ll work directly with the founders in a three-person team, owning both design and frontend implementation from day one.

Key Responsibilities Design and ship high-quality user interfaces using Figma, NextJS, Tailwind, and TypeScript Build AI-powered agents and customer-facing workflows Translate product ideas into polished, production-ready experiences Rapidly prototype and iterate on new UI concepts Work directly with founders to define product direction Make fast, pragmatic design and implementation decisions

Requirements Exceptional UI and product design proficiency Ability to translate designs into production-ready HTML/CSS/TypeScript Strong frontend fundamentals (React / NextJS preferred) Experience operating in early-stage or fast-moving environments Interest in LLMs and AI-native user experiences High agency, urgency, and comfort with ambiguity

We’re open to strong product designers who can code at a high level, as well as frontend engineers with exceptional design taste.

Why Apply? This is a founding-level role with meaningful equity and direct product ownership. You’ll help define both the design language and user experience of an AI-native fintech platform from its earliest stages. High impact, high expectations, and significant upside.