Design Engineer

About the Role

As a Design Engineer at Ramp, you sit at the intersection of design and front-end engineering. You bring ambitious ideas to life in real interfaces, prototype directly in code, validate with customers, and ship production experiences with a high bar for craft, performance, and reliability.

Design at Ramp is AI first and builder led. Work starts in an LLM to clarify intent and constraints, moves into tools like Claude and Cursor to explore and build, is tested with real customers, and then comes into Figma for systems and polish.

What You'll Do

• Design and build high-craft product experiences: Own key surfaces end to end, from concept through production. Use layout, interaction, and motion to make complex behavior feel simple and safe.
• Work AI first with Cursor and Claude Code: Use LLMs, Cursor, and Claude Code as your starting point. Draft intent, explore implementations, scaffold components, and refactor with AI in the loop.
• Prototype in code and validate with customers: Build interactive prototypes in React and TypeScript and test them with real users using self-serve research tools.
• Bridge design systems, product, and brand: Translate Ramp’s design principles into reusable components and patterns. Extend the design system so expressive, brand-aligned moments are easy to build and scale.
• Reveal what our agents are doing without noise: Design patterns that show what AI and automation are doing on behalf of customers.
• Champion performance and accessibility: Ship work that is fast, accessible, and robust. Pay attention to semantics, focus states, reduced motion, and Core Web Vitals.
• Share AI-native workflows: Document prompts, patterns, and workflows you use in Cursor and Claude Code.

Qualifications

• Strong experience across both design and front-end engineering, with ownership from idea to shipped interface
• Fluency in React, TypeScript or JavaScript, semantic HTML, and modern CSS
• Active use of tools like Cursor and Claude Code, with clear opinions on how to get high-quality output
• A portfolio that shows high visual and interaction craft in live experiences or working prototypes
• A systems mindset and interest in building reusable components and patterns
• Care for performance, accessibility, and reliability as part of craft
• Clear written and verbal communication, and comfort pairing with designers, engineers, and marketers
• Based in or open to relocate to NYC

Nice to Haves

• Experience contributing to a design system or front-end component library
• Familiarity with experimentation or analytics tools
• Experience with headless CMS, design tokens, or theming systems
• Background in fintech, B2B SaaS, or other trust-heavy domains
• Interest in mentoring others on AI-native workflows