Product Design Engineer – UI

Role Overview

• Design high-quality UI across email, web, and product surfaces, ensuring clarity, usability, and visual consistency
• Translate user journeys into intuitive and thoughtful interfaces
• Move designs into production, partnering closely with engineering teams or independently implementing front-end experiences where appropriate
• Build and launch digital experiences directly, including landing pages, web experiences, email modules, subscription flows, quizzes, and lightweight product interfaces
• Partner with product, engineering, editorial, and growth teams to bring data-informed design decisions to life
• Contribute to and evolve our design systems, ensuring scalability across brands and platforms
• Design and optimize conversion flows (landing pages, quizzes, subscription paths, onboarding journeys, etc.)
• Create UI patterns that support personalization and dynamic content experiences
• Prototype rapidly and test ideas in-market, using experimentation to refine UX, performance, engagement, and conversion outcomes
• Own the full iteration cycle—designing, implementing, launching, measuring, revising, and optimizing experiences based on user behavior and performance data
• Help bridge design systems and front-end implementation to ensure thoughtful, scalable execution
• Ensure design output reflects Optimism’s core principles and human-centered thinking

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of experience in UI, product design, digital design, front-end experience design, or related fields
• Experience translating designs into live digital experiences, with comfort moving between design and implementation
• A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional UI craft across web, email, product, or interactive experiences
• Familiarity with modern front-end tools and workflows (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, Framer, Webflow, or similar)
• Strong understanding of front-end constraints and component-based thinking
• Strong understanding of layout, typography, hierarchy, interaction design, and conversion-focused UX
• Experience designing within scalable systems and frameworks (design systems, component libraries, modular systems)
• Experience with email design systems and ESP constraints (responsive templates, modular builds, dynamic content, etc.)
• Proficiency with Figma, Webflow, WordPress, and ESPs

Tech Stack

• JavaScript
• React
• WordPress

Benefits

• low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)-retirement plan with employer match
• company-paid short-term disability
• hybrid work arrangement (3 days in-office)