Design Engineer
Lapel, San Francisco
The role
This is a role for someone who cares as much about how it looks as how it's built, and won't let either one slip. You'll own Lapel's interfaces from concept through implementation, build the design system the product scales on, and be expected to bring craft and technical rigor to everything you touch.
What you will do
- Own end-to-end implementation of product interfaces from Figma to production-ready code
- Design and build a scalable design system with reusable, accessible components
- Collaborate closely with founders and product to shape UX, iterating in both Figma and code
- Build polished, responsive interfaces with strong attention to typography, spacing, motion, and interaction
- Create interactive prototypes to validate design decisions before full implementation
- Write clean, maintainable frontend code using React, TypeScript, and modern styling approaches
- Ensure performance and accessibility are built into every interface
- Set and uphold a high bar for craft, quality, and user experience across the product