MLabs

Frontend / Design Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · Full-time

No sponsorship$160k-$265kDetected 22 days ago

TypeScriptReactCSSTailwind CSSDesign SystemsProduct StrategyCollaboration

About the role

Backed by top-tier venture capital, the team is speedrunning toward substantial scale, deliberately maintaining a lean, highly ambitious operating footprint of under 20 exceptional individuals.
Rapid Product Deployment: Ship robust, production-grade user interfaces for web game-like systems, transactional markets, and highly interactive consumer features on a rapid, continuous cadence.
Gamified Mechanics: Construct immersive, ultra-responsive consumer interfaces that transform complex financial and prediction market mechanics into seamless, engaging, and gamified digital experiences.

Architecture & Design Systems: Architect, expand, and maintain a highly responsive frontend component library, defining the design systems, motion mechanics, and micro-interactions from concept to completion.
Frictionless Prototyping: Develop high-fidelity prototypes and iterate aggressively across multiple product experiments per week, establishing an environment focused strictly on objective product data and zero ego.
Founder-Direct Collaboration: Work strictly alongside the founding executive team, effectively removing product managers and design layers to establish a highly streamlined, high-impact product delivery workflow.
Velocity and Execution: An obsessive attention to micro-detail paired with a relentless drive to ship software rapidly; possessing the rare capacity to execute high-fidelity work under tight timeframes.
Founder Mentality: A preference for broad scope and unstructured environments, with the appetite to manage critical functions extending well beyond a conventional job description.
Definitive, articulate opinions on modern product frameworks and tooling standards (e.g., Linear, Vercel, Arc, or leading interface design paradigms).

If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

$160K - $265K We are hiring on behalf of our client, an elite, early-stage consumer technology organization operating at the intersection of Web3, decentralized prediction markets, and interactive gaming.
Backed by top-tier venture capital, the team is speedrunning toward substantial scale, deliberately maintaining a lean, highly ambitious operating footprint of under 20 exceptional individuals.
They are developing next-generation gamified trading experiences and sophisticated entertainment layers built directly on top of prediction markets, engineering a paradigm shift geared toward mass consumer adoption.
The organization is seeking its first dedicated Frontend / Design Engineer to lead the end-to-end execution of how the entire product ecosystem looks, feels, and moves.
Operating in a high-intensity, high-ownership environment, this individual will collaborate directly with the Chief Executive Officer to translate complex conceptual ideas into production-ready software within hours.
This is an intentional, fast-paced setting designed for a hungry builder who possesses flawless aesthetic taste, world-class engineering discipline, and a strong desire to exercise absolute product ownership without the friction of traditional corporate oversight or design-by-committee hurdles.

Bonus Points Prior experience as a founder or foundational early employee at a fast-scaling, venture-backed startup.
Significant foundational equity allocation providing a distinct footprint on the organization's capitalization table from day one.
Direct exposure to potential future token grants and robust equity refresher mechanisms positioned at strategic dilution inflection points to mitigate dilution.
Full-scale premium medical, dental, and vision insurance policies.
Stage 1: Initial Founder Consultation A deep-dive discussion focusing on product vision, culture, and alignment with the first Co-Founder.
Initial Founder Consultation A deep-dive discussion focusing on product vision, culture, and alignment with the first Co-Founder.

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