Senior Design Engineer (Web/UX)
Overview
WunderGraph is a fast-growing startup aiming to bring everyone together to build digital products end-to-end. We provide a platform to go from sketch to product in a collaborative experience.
Job Description
WunderGraph is a fast-growing startup, our goal is to bring everybody together to build digital products end-to-end. From interface design to API implementation, we provide the platform to go from sketch to product in a category-defining collaborative experience. Our North Star is to take the friction out of bringing digital ideas to life, making room for your ideas and productivity.
Responsibilities
- - Lead the end-to-end design-engineering process for web and product experiences, from discovery to delivery.
- - Drive a consistent, scalable, and technically feasible design system across product and marketing.
- - Translate customer needs and business goals into user-centric solutions that can be built and maintained at scale.
- - Champion accessibility, usability, performance, and responsive design best practices.
- - Mentor teammates on design and front-end best practices.
- - Strengthen WunderGraph’s product and brand identity through thoughtful, technically sound design execution.
- - Influence product strategy by connecting design decisions with engineering and business outcomes.
- - Shape WunderGraph’s brand and product experience through thoughtful, technically sound design decisions.
Required Skills
- - Senior-level experience in Design Engineering, Product, or UX/UI Design with a strong portfolio of projects.
- - Proficiency in Figma, prototyping tools, or Adobe Creative Suite.
- - Working knowledge of front-end technologies (such as HTML/CSS, React/Typescript, Javascript etc).
- - Strong background in UX research, accessibility, responsive design, and performance optimization.
- - Experience contributing to or leading design systems and component libraries.
- - Ability to bridge design and engineering with hands-on contributions.
- - Excellent communication and collaboration skills in English.
- - Self-starter, capable of leading initiatives independently.
- - Comfortable working 100% remotely in a distributed team.
- - Willingness to travel occasionally for team retreats and workshops.
Benefits
- - Work from wherever you thrive—we’re fully remote and globally distributed.
- - Pick your preferred work hardware.
- - Discretionary PTO: take the time you need to recharge.
- - Competitive compensation.
- - Depending on location, we offer healthcare benefits according to local standards.
- - Team retreats across the globe.
About the company
WunderGraph helps developers compose, integrate, and ship APIs without reinventing infrastructure or breaking modern workflows. Built on open standards like GraphQL, REST, OpenAPI, OAuth2, and OpenID Connect, WunderGraph provides a unified, end-to-end approach to API composition, federation, and integration—without forcing teams into legacy gateways or click-driven dashboards. With a code-first, Git-native, and CI/CD-friendly model, developers declaratively manage API dependencies, business logic, authentication, and data transformations while generating type-safe client libraries automatically. From backend composition to frontend integration, WunderGraph lets teams focus on what really matters: shipping reliable features faster with a great developer experience.
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