Design Engineer

About this role

ABOUT TRADEIFY

Tradeify is a fast-growing futures trading company built to help traders access the tools, technology, and opportunities they need to succeed. We combine a trader-first approach with modern technology to create a reliable, transparent, and engaging experience for our growing community.

We operate at the intersection of finance and technology, and we move quickly. Our team is driven by a shared belief that better tools and experiences create better traders — and we are building those experiences every day.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Tradeify is looking for a Design Engineer — a hybrid designer/builder who is proficient with both AI-native tools as well as traditional design software. You'll move from concept to shippable code fast, using AI to generate visual directions, prototype interactions, and write production-ready front-end code, all with strong design judgment guiding every step.

You'll support work across our website, digital products, and brands — but where a traditional designer hands off a mockup, you'll be prototyping and sometimes shipping your own solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for a designer-who-codes (or a developer with real design taste) who wants to work at the frontier of AI-assisted creation and development, under the guidance of our Head of Design as well as various stakeholders.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Design + Build

- Design and build landing page sections, page variants, and marketing website experiences directly in code

- Create and ship polished product UI for smaller features, enhancements, and design tickets — going from concept to working front end without a traditional design-to-dev handoff

- Produce brand collateral such as presentations, social graphics, campaign visuals, and other creative assets using AI generation and editing tools

- Work within established brand and design systems while maintaining consistency across touchpoints

- Apply strong typography, hierarchy, layout, color, and visual/content design principles — regardless of the tool used to produce the output

- Structure web experiences around what visitors already know, what they need, and the actions they're trying to take

AI-Native Workflow

- Use AI tools (LLMs, image/video/3D generation, AI coding assistants) as your primary design and development environment — not just a supplement to Figma

- Rapidly explore multiple creative directions by generating and iterating with AI rather than manual compositions

- Use AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, v0, or similar) to turn concepts directly into working, responsive front-end code

- Pressure-test ideas quickly, prototype in the browser, and iterate based on real interaction rather than static mockups

- Apply strong judgment about where AI accelerates the work and where hands-on craft and review are still required

- Stay current with new AI design/dev tools and bring the useful ones into the team's workflow

Roadmap and Growth Initiatives

- Contribute to new products, features, and business initiatives

- Support marketing website and product improvements end-to-end, from idea to shipped code

- Help design and implement conversion and UX optimizations

- Partner with senior designers and engineers on larger, more complex projects

- Use feedback, available data, and business context to refine your work

Collaboration and Execution

- Clarify small or underspecified briefs by asking thoughtful questions and defining scope

- Explain the reasoning behind your design and technical decisions, including directions considered and rejected

- Communicate progress clearly in an asynchronous, remote environment

- Document decisions and keep work organized (code repos, prompt libraries, brand assets) so others can easily follow and continue it

- Manage multiple assignments and deliver high-quality, shipped work in a fast-moving environment

- Incorporate feedback quickly and keep projects moving once direction is set

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

- A strong portfolio demonstrating shipped work — real websites, product surfaces, or prototypes you designed and built, not just static comps

- Genuine fluency with AI-native creation: comfortable generating, editing, and refining visuals with AI tools, and comfortable using AI coding assistants to write real front-end code (HTML/CSS/JS, React, or similar)

- Working proficiency in front-end development — enough to take a design idea from concept to a live, responsive build without a hand-off

- Strong visual and UI fundamentals: typography, hierarchy, layout, color, and an understanding of web UX and how to structure a page around audience needs and desired actions

- The ability to create polished brand and communication materials (decks, social graphics, marketing visuals) using AI tools

- Strong attention to detail and the ability to work within an established brand system

- Initiative to think through a problem before executing, and the ability to clearly explain your reasoning

- Clear written and verbal communication skills, particularly in an asynchronous environment

- A genuine interest in design and technology, and evidence you consistently experiment, build, and improve your craft

- 1–3 years of relevant experience; the strength of your portfolio, your shipped work, and your AI-native fluency matter more than years on a formal design or engineering team

NICE TO HAVE

- Experience with modern front-end frameworks (React, Next.js, Vue, Webflow, etc.)

- A track record of building and shipping personal or client projects largely through AI-assisted workflows

- Experience creating motion graphics, micro-interactions, video, or 3D visuals with AI tools

- Familiarity with conversion-focused web design

- An interest in futures trading, financial markets, or fintech

WHY JOIN TRADEIFY

- Join a rapidly growing futures trading company at an exciting stage of its development

- Work at the…