Design Engineering S

A payment network connecting nonprofits to the $326B in DAFs

Design Engineer
$Full-time

Engineering, Full stack

US citizen/visa only

At Chariot, we believe the quality of a product is defined by thousands of small decisions.

We're looking for a Design Engineer who obsesses over those decisions.

This isn't a traditional frontend engineering role. You'll own the experience of using Chariot—working at the intersection of engineering, product, and design to build software that is intuitive, performant, and delightful. You'll partner closely with our Chief Product Officer to shape products from early ideas through polished implementation.

Sometimes that means building entirely new product experiences. Other times it means improving a workflow, refining an interaction, making the interface feel faster, simplifying information architecture, improving accessibility, or fixing dozens of tiny details that collectively make software exceptional. You won't simply execute tickets — you'll help define what great looks like.

Own the quality of Chariot's web application and user experience.

Partner closely with Product and Design from concept through launch.

Build polished, accessible, and performant interfaces using React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS.

Translate Figma designs into pixel-perfect implementations while improving them along the way.

Build and evolve reusable components and design systems.

Lead initiatives that improve usability, performance, accessibility, and frontend architecture.

Prototype ideas quickly and use AI tools to accelerate development, testing, and product evaluation.

Collaborate across the stack when needed to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

3-5 years of experience building modern web applications.

Exceptional frontend engineering skills with strong product and design instincts.

Typography, spacing, hierarchy, accessibility, responsiveness, browser behavior, performance, and interaction design all matter to you.

You're highly proficient with modern frontend technologies including TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS.

You're comfortable working across the stack when improving the overall product experience requires backend changes.

At Chariot, we are building modern, end-to-end payment infrastructure making donors' lives easier, and nonprofits' lives better. $Impact: That money services nonprofits working in homelessness, health, education, the environment, and so much more.

NYC office, in-person Monday through Thursday, WFH Friday. Time-Off: 18 days PTO and 13 holidays - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge

Free dinner every day at office past 8pm

Team Events: Monthly team building events

Employee-friendly equity: At Chariot, we are building modern, end-to-end payment infrastructure making donors' lives easier, and nonprofits' lives better. $We are currently backed by YC, Maveron, Spark Capital, SV Angel, and top-tier angel investors like Mike Massaro, Adam Grant, and Angela Duckworth. Our team is made up of passionate and talented individuals with prior work experience at Blackrock, Bain, Goldman Sachs, Palantir, and Forage (YC21).

We are fully in-person in New York City, which helps us maintain our extremely collaborative and caring team culture.

Impact: That money services nonprofits working in homelessness, health, education, the environment, and so much more.

NYC office, in-person Monday through Thursday, WFH Friday.