Design Engineer

About Warp

Warp is building self-driving employee management. Payroll, tax compliance across thousands of jurisdictions, benefits, IT, and HRIS that runs autonomously so companies never have to think about back‑office operations again.

We process hundreds of millions in payments across 1,000+ companies. Revenue has grown 5x+ YoY for two years. We're a team of ~40 in NYC in Flatiron, scaling fast, and expecting to be 100 people by end of year.

The incumbents (ADP, Paylocity, Paychex) built their businesses by profiting from complexity. Even the modern players are bolting chatbots onto legacy systems. Warp is built from day one for AI to be the primary operator, not a feature. Every advance in LLM capability widens our lead.

We hire people who ship constantly, own outcomes, and care about craft. We're in the office five days a week because speed and proximity are a competitive advantage at this stage. If you want to build something that automates an entire category of core work, not just another point solution, this is the place.

Backed by $25M+ from Ashton Kutcher/Sound Ventures, Y Combinator, founders of Dropbox, Replit, SV Angel, and Homebrew Capital. Built by an obsessive team from MIT, Ramp, Brex, Google, Dropbox, Apple, and more.

About the Role

Warp is a product‑driven company building the future of automated back‑office operations. We're looking for a design engineer who is excited to join our early story and help us maintain the highest quality bar possible.

As a Design Engineer at Warp, you'll be directly responsible for curating the user experience of the next generation of fintech products. You'll design core cross‑platform product flows, landing pages, and marketing assets that convert prospects into customers and transform complex financial operations into seamless user journeys. Working at the intersection of design and engineering, you'll prototype user‑experiences, establish design patterns that scale across our platform, and implement frontend experiences that measurably increase user satisfaction.

This role offers the rare opportunity to shape how customers experience financial technology while driving measurable business outcomes. You'll design and ship the user interfaces that make complex financial workflows intuitive, create design systems that scale across our product suite, and develop the frontend infrastructure that transforms product insights into delightful experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Core Product Design and Development : Design, build, and maintain core product design systems across web and mobile applications, ensuring consistent user experiences that scale with our rapid growth
• Growth and Marketing Asset Design : Design social media assets, landing pages, event posters, and team merchandise that drive attention and growth while maintaining brand consistency across all touchpoints
• Design System Evolution : Establish and maintain component libraries, design tokens, and documentation that enable consistent, efficient product development across the entire platform
• Prototyping and Validation : Use design software and AI to rapidly prototype new features and interface concepts to validate design decisions before full implementation
• Process and Tooling : Build internal design and development workflows that improve team velocity, from design handoff processes to automated testing for visual consistency
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration : Partner directly with product, engineering, and sales teams to translate business requirements into elegant design solutions that balance user needs with technical constraints
• Strategic Design Thinking : Contribute to long‑term product vision by identifying opportunities to simplify complex financial workflows and reduce operational overhead for our users

Qualifications

• 2+ years of product design and engineering experience
• Strong expertise in product design software (prefer Figma)
• Experience writing CSS
• Startup or digital agency experience as a founder, early engineer, or design role
• An understanding of fintech product user experience
• Excellent communication skills
• High agency and the ability to figure things out

Compensation

On Target Earnings (OTE): $140,000–$230,000 plus equity