Design Engineer

About Zaras

Zaras is building the operating layer for the trades — one record that carries a service business from first call to deposit cleared. Our team is small, hands-on, and field-first. We operate with a flat structure. All employees are expected to contribute directly to the work. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver.

About the role

Sit between design and engineering — prototyping in code, owning motion and density, and shipping the polish that makes the product feel calm. You will close the loop between a Figma decision and a production deploy.

Responsibilities

• Prototype new surfaces in code, fast enough to compare three directions.
• Own motion, density, and accessibility across shipped surfaces.
• Maintain the design-system primitives engineers actually use.
• Pair with product designers to land details in production.

Basic qualifications

• 4+ years with React and modern CSS.
• A portfolio of shipped UI work, not just demos.
• Strong taste in motion and microinteraction.
• Comfort working without a strict design hand-off.

Preferred skills and experience

• Built or maintained a production design system.
• Experience with Framer Motion, WebGL, or canvas-driven UI.
• Comfort talking to non-designers about why a detail matters.
• Care for accessibility as a craft discipline.

Zaras is an equal opportunity employer.