Design Engineer

Method Financial•New York, NY

7d•$150,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Method is hiring its first Design Engineer, a highly technical individual contributor who spends most of their time coding and brings strong product, visual, and motion design skills. Working closely with the Head of Design and engineers, this person will own the craft layer across Method’s web properties, including its website, design system, demos, dashboard, and embedded product experiences. The role will help set aesthetic direction, make technical decisions, and deliver a redesigned visual and interactive layer across the company’s products. The work includes developing a token system for color, typography, and spacing; building a design system and component library; creating shader-based website experiences; elevating the dashboard with polished data visualizations and generative UI; and ensuring embedded experiences can automatically adapt to partner brands. The role also includes contributing to open source, reducing reliance on contractors for production design and frontend UI work, and potentially helping scope and hire adjacent design talent as the team grows. Method is a developer-first financial connectivity platform. The company has a team of 50+ people across Austin, San Francisco, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Most roles require regular in-person presence at one of these hubs, generally at least 2–3 days per week on average. Occasional remote work for a week at a time is possible, but full-time remote work is not.

Requirements

Have shipped interactive web work involving shaders, such as Three.js, WebGL, or GLSL; demonstrate this work in a portfolio.
Understand the stack from GPU rendering through React component architecture, including why experiences should run in-browser rather than as video.
Have strong aesthetic opinions and the technical range to execute designs without a dedicated designer providing comps.
Have built production design systems and component libraries that others use.
Be an individual contributor by nature and default to building.
Have worked at or contributed to organizations with strong design craft, such as design studios, developer tooling companies, creative agencies, or through strong indie development work.
Be comfortable working as the sole specialist in this area for a period and making progress without extensive structure.

Nice To Haves

Background in creative coding, gaming, or CGI, with an understanding of shaders from multiple perspectives.
Open-source contributions to Three.js, shader communities, or creative-coding libraries.
Experience with motion design tools such as Rive, Framer, or Lottie, and opinions on when to use them versus building custom solutions.
Experience at companies or studios known for frontend craft.
Familiarity with generative UI patterns and JSON-driven component rendering.

Responsibilities

Own the visual and interactive quality of Method’s design system, including component states, motion, and consistency across surfaces.
Build shader-based website experiences using Three.js and WebGL, including hero sections, ambient motion, and branded interactive moments.
Redesign and elevate the dashboard with considered transitions, polished data visualization, and generative UI components driven by JSON.
Architect a component library that supports dynamic, on-the-fly UI construction, including charts, layouts, and elements assembled from structured data.
Make decisions about when to invest in bespoke work versus using existing tooling, and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
Reduce reliance on contractors for production design and frontend UI work.
Collaborate with engineers and the Head of Design on design direction.
Eventually help scope and hire adjacent design talent as the team grows.
Contribute to open-source work and build projects that earn the respect of design and creative-coding communities.