Design Engineer

You'll work closely with engineers and our Head of Design to bring a level of frontend craft to Method that the current team can't fully own, and oversee a ton of green-space to up-level how customers and end-users interact with Method. Open source is part of this role. We want to build things worth sharing and give Method a point of view the design and creative-coding communities respect.

What you'll do

• Own the visual and interactive quality of Method's design system including component states, motion, and consistency across surfaces.
• Build shader-based experiences for the website using Three.js and WebGL: hero sections, ambient motion, branded interactive moments.
• Redesign and elevate the dashboard beyond a reskin; considered transitions, polished data visualization, generative UI components driven by JSON.
• Architect a component library that supports dynamic, on-the-fly UI construction (charts, layouts, elements assembled from structured data).
• Make judgment calls on when to invest in bespoke work versus leveraging existing tooling, and communicate those tradeoffs clearly.
• Reduce reliance on contractors for production design and front-end UI work.
• Collaborate with engineers and Head of Design on design direction; eventually help scope and hire adjacent design talent as the team grows.

Who you are

• You have shipped interactive web work that required writing shaders; Three.js, WebGL, GLSL. Your portfolio shows it!
• You understand the full stack from GPU rendering to React component architecture; you know why it matters that this runs in-browser and not as a video.
• You have strong aesthetic opinions and the technical range to execute them without a dedicated designer handing you comps.
• You've built production design systems and component libraries that others actually use.
• You're an individual contributor by nature and default to building.
• You've worked at or contributed to places with genuine design craft: design studios, developer tooling companies, creative agencies, or strong indie dev work.
• You're comfortable being the only person in this specialty for a while; you don't need structure to make progress.
• Depth and quality of your experience matter more than years. Apply even if you've never carried the Design Engineer title.

Extra awesome

• Background in creative coding, gaming, or CGI; you understand shaders from multiple angles.
• Open source contributions to Three.js, shader communities, or creative coding libraries.
• Experience with motion design tooling (Rive, Framer, Lottie) and opinions on when to use it versus roll your own.
• Experience at companies or studios known for frontend craft
• Familiarity with generative UI patterns and JSON-driven component rendering.

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The annual US base salary range for this role is: $150,000-$200,000.

Benefits available to full time employees

• Medical, Dental, Vision; basic medical plans 100% covered
• Flexible PTO
• $30/day Lunch allowance when working from the office
• 12 weeks parental leave
• Commuter benefits; employer-sponsored
• Phone/internet stipend
• WFH stipend
• Student loan repayment contribution
• Lifestyle Spending stipend
• Learning & Development stipend
• Hybrid-office stocked with snacks
• Quarterly team off-sites

In-office Policy

For most roles are Method, we expect a regular in-person presence at one of our hubs in NYC, Austin, SF or DC. We have embedded flexibility to work remotely for a week here and there, but the general expectation is a minimum 2-3 days/week in office on average. What does not work is full-time remote.

Accommodations

Method provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance with your application due to a disability, please contact us to request an accommodation.

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