Design Engineer, Product

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
150K-200K Annually
Senior level
Enterprise Web • Sales • Software
The Role
Lead design and frontend engineering for an API-first product. Architect complex frontend systems, build and obsess over UI/UX and design systems, collaborate with founders, and develop across the stack.
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About the role

We’re looking for an experienced design engineer to join us as we build the backbone of technical sales. In this role, you’ll lead design initiatives and contribute to the frontend experience, thinking critically about product, design, and our customers’ goals.

By keeping a lean team, we’ve been able to move fast and want to keep it that way with high performers that take pride in their work. The role reports directly to our Founders and will work alongside our team in-person in our NYC office. 

About you
  • You have designed from end to end

  • Excellent understanding of latest design tools, trends, and React

  • You are / are excited to become an expert on API-first companies and the best way to showcase their products (bonus: experience working at an API company)

  • You’re low ego, honest and kind.

  • Have design experience, strong design thinking skills - a lot of our platform is visual so bring skills and understanding on graphic design (layout, typography, color, etc)

  • Understanding of modern web technologies

You will
  • Help lead the technical roadmap and design systems for our own internal product, in addition to the design systems we offer our customers

  • Obsess over the UI/UX for onboarding, building experience (API integrations) and beyond

  • Collaborate directly with founders on roadmap and prioritization

  • Architect and develop across our stack

  • Go the extra mile working on the user experience

Tech stack

Web: React, RN for Web

Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB

Requirements
  • Located in New York and able to work in office

  • Deep understanding of React internals, CSS

  • Ability to architect complex frontend systems

  • Deep familiarity with current web development trends

  • Basic understanding of UX/UI principles

  • Exceptionally fast learner, thriving in a fast-paced environment

  • Frontend Excellence - you should be able to build any UI or experience

Interview Process
  • Intro call

  • Product Deep Dive

  • Platform Access / Take home activity

  • Technical Interview

  • Meet in person

  • Reference calls

Skills Required

  • Designed products end-to-end
  • Excellent understanding of design tools, trends, and React
  • Deep understanding of React internals and CSS
  • Ability to architect complex frontend systems
  • Deep familiarity with current web development trends
  • Basic understanding of UX/UI principles and strong graphic design skills (layout, typography, color)
  • Frontend excellence: able to build any UI or experience
  • Understanding of modern web technologies and API-first products
  • Located in New York and able to work in office (in-person)
  • Experience working at an API company (bonus)
  • Exceptionally fast learner, thrives in fast-paced environment
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The Company
35 Employees
Year Founded: 2022

What We Do

Coast is an AI-powered demo platform that helps API-first companies turn documentation into interactive, personalized product demos for sales, marketing, and implementation. It visualizes real API workflows (live or mocked), creates tailored demo links, and reduces time-to-close by letting technical and non-technical stakeholders experience real integrations. Coast targets solutions engineering and sales enablement teams to scale demos and accelerate commercialization for API-driven products.

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