Design Engineer - Consultant

Lazer is a world-class digital product studio composed of 80+ senior engineers and designers with backgrounds from companies like Apple, Google, Coinbase, and more. With our product experience, we have designed, engineered, and grown products from $0 to $200M in revenue.

Clients seek out our help because we have the talent to deeply understand their needs and provide industry, technical, or product insights that are uniquely valuable to their efforts. Our clients range from early-stage startups and venture studios to recognizable commerce brands and exciting enterprises. Some of our notable clients include Google, Shopify, Coinbase, Alchemy, Hinge, OVO, DIMO, and more.

We are a remote-first organization headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with employees worldwide. We believe in providing the best experience possible for all Lazerites by fostering a strong community through regular events, company vacations, competitive compensation, unlimited PTO, and more!

Join Lazer and help us solve problems and build the next generation of products!

Who You Are

• Experienced design professional: 6+ years in design and frontend engineering with at least 2 years in consulting or client-facing roles

• Design-obsessed builder: You have an exceptional eye for visual design, typography, and layout with a portfolio that showcases world-class interface work

• Animation specialist: You're fluent with modern animation and motion libraries (Framer Motion, React Spring, GSAP) and understand how to create smooth, purposeful micro-interactions

• Modern tooling expert: You work with contemporary design engineering tools and component libraries, staying current with the latest in React ecosystem innovations

• Portfolio-driven: You have a killer portfolio demonstrating your ability to create beautiful, functional interfaces with attention to detail and craft

• Frontend expert: Strong experience with React, TypeScript, and modern CSS-in-JS solutions, with deep knowledge of performance optimization and responsive design

• User-centered: You balance beautiful aesthetics with usability, conducting user testing and iterating based on real user behavior and feedback

• Quality perfectionist: You have impossibly high standards for visual execution, interaction design, and code quality - sweating the details that make experiences feel premium

• Collaborative spirit: You work seamlessly with designers and product teams, translating design intent into production code while contributing your own creative vision

• Nice to have: Interest in or familiarity with crypto and blockchain technology

What You'll Do

• Craft exceptional user experiences: Design and build production-ready interfaces that feel delightful and intuitive, working across web and mobile platforms

• Bring designs to life: Transform static designs into interactive, animated experiences using modern animation libraries and micro-interaction patterns

• Build and iterate rapidly: Create high-fidelity prototypes, test with users, and ship features quickly based on real feedback and usage data

• Develop design systems: Build and maintain scalable component libraries with consistent visual language, interaction patterns, and accessibility standards

• Collaborate across teams: Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to shape product direction and ensure design excellence throughout development

• Champion visual craft: Drive decisions around typography, color, spacing, and motion to create cohesive, beautiful experiences that users love

• Own end-to-end delivery: Take ownership of features from initial concept through final implementation, ensuring pixel-perfect execution

• Stay ahead of trends: Research and implement cutting-edge design patterns, interaction models, and frontend technologies

Why Work With Us

• 🚀 Accelerate Your Growth: Work across multiple industries and cutting-edge projects with a team that ships fast.

• 💥 Maximum Impact: Shape the future of the tech industry by helping ambitious projects reach their potential.

• 🏅 True Ownership: Everyone ships code and has real autonomy with minimal meetings.

• 💡 Continuous Learning: Be part of a team of senior engineers and designers who love learning and knowledge sharing.

Why This Might Not Be For You

• 🤖 You Resist Modern Tools: We leverage AI and cutting-edge technology to build rapidly and focus our energy on solving the most complex, high-impact challenges for our clients.

• 🏗️ You Crave High Structure: We thrive in an autonomous, fast-moving environment, which means you need to be comfortable with some ambiguity.

• 😴 You Prefer Conventional Careers: Our consulting approach involves varied projects and direct client interaction — it's not for everyone.

• 1️⃣ You Like Staying in One Lane: Our projects require adapting to different tech stacks and modern tooling quickly.

Benefits & Perks

• 🌐 Work From Anywhere: Choose your workspace — all you need is strong wifi and a passion for building!

• 🧘‍♂️ Work / Life Balance: We believe in our team’s ability to have it all; a great career, and time to unplug and live…you know...life.

• 🩺 Employee Care: We provide full benefits (healthcare, dental, vision) for our employees (401k for our US employees)

• 🏖️ Unlimited PTO: Everyone needs a break. Take at least 15 days off a year, and more if you need—just be cool about it and keep the team in mind.

• 🎉 Regular Team Retreat: Join us for a week of team bonding at amazing destinations. Recent trips include the Dominican Republic, Cancun, and Hawaii — plus ones welcome.