Staff Design Engineer

Aave Labs

17h

About The Position

We're looking for a Staff Design Engineer who operates across the full picture – someone who deeply understands product design, works autonomously, and translates their knowledge into exceptional web interfaces and design systems.

Financial products are complex. Our users range from first-timers to power users, and the challenge of making that experience clear, fast, and trustworthy is one we take seriously. At this level, you're not just executing — you're bringing product intuition to the work, identifying where things break down, and making calls that shape the direction of what we build.

Requirements

• A true hybrid — equally at home in Figma and a TypeScript codebase, and who sees that as a single discipline, not two
• Strong proficiency in React, TypeScript, CSS and system design and architecture.
• Deep experience with component-driven design systems and building for consistency at scale
• The product sense to work without a detailed brief — you can identify what needs to be solved, not just how to solve it
• A demonstrated ability to take complex UX problems — information-dense interfaces, multi-step flows, edge cases — and make them feel resolved and clear

Nice To Haves

• Curiosity about web3 and DeFi is a plus; you don't need to be an expert, but genuine interest in the space goes a long way
• Curiosity about AI and it's use in product design and daily workflows

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously across our web products, designing and building high-quality UI with a strong point of view on how it should feel and function
• Own and evolve complex, reusable components within the Aave design system — setting the standard for quality and consistency
• Bring product-level thinking to everything you work on — understanding user needs, business context, and technical constraints, whilst balancing them well
• Collaborate with our talented designers, engineers, and product leads to bring clarity to ambiguous problems
• Help raise the bar for the team through the quality of your work and the way you approach problems

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed