[Hiring] Design Engineer @Luxury Presence

Role Description

First and foremost, you're a builder. You think in systems, you ship production code, and you care deeply about what actually makes it into the hands of users. You're not waiting for a spec to land in your lap. You're looking at the product, the design system, and the way the team works, and you're finding the leverage points that make everything better.

This role is about multiplying. You'll work alongside a design engineer already on the team, and together you'll own the bridge between design intent and shipped experience across our core product. You'll build and evolve the design system in code, raise the quality bar for UI that ships, and create the tooling and workflows that help the entire design and engineering org move faster. When you see something slow or broken in how we work, you'll redesign it. When the design system has gaps, you'll fill them with production-ready components. When there's a better way to prototype, test, or ship, you'll find it and champion it.

This role reports into Design, not Engineering. That's intentional. We believe the person responsible for UI quality, interaction polish, and design system integrity should be embedded in the team that sets the craft bar, not downstream from it. You'll have the opportunity to help shape what design engineering becomes at Luxury Presence as the function grows.

What You'll Own

• Design system, across Figma and code: You'll own the integrity of the design system across both surfaces. In code, that means the React components, tokens, and patterns that engineers actually use to build. In Figma, it means ensuring the design system library stays in sync with what's in production, making design-level tweaks as the system evolves, and partnering with product designers to evolve the system over time.
• UI quality across the product: You'll be the person who cares about the last 10%: transitions, micro-interactions, responsive behavior, loading states, edge case UI, accessibility. When something ships, you'll make sure it meets the bar.
• Tooling and ways of working: You'll look at how the design and engineering teams collaborate, prototype, and ship, and you'll build tools and processes that make it better. Internal tooling, prototyping workflows, component documentation, dev environment improvements.
• Production-ready code: You're capable of shipping production-ready code. Whether that's components in the design system, UI improvements in the product, or internal tooling, the work you do is built to the standard of something that goes in front of users.

How You'll Work

• You'll partner closely with product designers, but the collaboration model isn't a handoff. Designers own the problem space, user insight, and experience strategy. You own making that strategy real at the highest level of craft.
• You'll also work directly with frontend and full-stack engineers. You'll establish patterns and components they can build on, review UI implementations, and raise the standard for what "done" looks like in the codebase.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building production-ready frontend code in complex, component-driven applications.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript, React, and modern CSS (we use Tailwind), with strong opinions about component architecture, performance, and maintainability.
• A portfolio or body of work that demonstrates both technical depth and design sensibility.
• Proven experience building and maintaining design systems in production, not just in Figma.
• Exposure to microfrontend architectures, Vite, and composition APIs is a bonus.
• A track record of building internal tools, developer experience improvements, or workflow automation that made teams more effective.
• Technical fluency with AI tools.
• Familiarity with MCPs and how tools like Figma, Figma Console, and Notion connect into AI-assisted workflows.
• Beyond fluency, you're a dabbler and experimenter. You try new tools, push their limits, and share what you learn.

Mindset

• You're a tinkerer. You don't just build what's asked; you spot leverage points and build what's needed.
• You care about systems more than features.
• You're excited to redesign ways of working, not just product surface area.
• You have strong convictions about quality, but you ship.
• You operate with high ownership and low ego.

What You Won't Be Doing

• You won't live in Figma full-time.
• You won't be a frontend engineer who receives redlined mockups.
• You won't be managing people on day one.

Salary

$185,000 - $230,000 a year

Location

Remote-first. U.S.-based preferred. Core overlap hours required.

Company Description

The real estate industry is in the midst of a seismic shift, and the future belongs to those who break new ground. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the proptech and marketing sectors, Luxury Presence challenges the status quo of what technology can do for real estate agents, leaders, and brokerages.

• Founded in 2016 by Stanford Business School alum Malte Kramer.
• Ranked on the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies list three years in a row.
• Backed by world-class investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners, NextEquity Partners, Toba Capital, and Switch Ventures.
• More than 18,000 real estate businesses rely on our platform.
• Ranked on BuiltIn's Best Place to Work lists every year since 2020.

Luxury Presence is an Equal Opportunity Employer.