Design Engineer

Design Engineer

CrowdVolt is rebuilding the infrastructure for live events.

We graduated from Y Combinator in 2024 and have since raised a $2.5M+ seed round. CrowdVolt has been growing rapidly, and we are bringing on another founding engineer to support this growth. We're a team of 10+ working in person 5 days a week in New York City. You will work directly with our CTO and existing engineers and designers.

What you’ll do

• Design and build responsive, high-performance interfaces in the browser sweating the typography, motion, empty states, and pixel-level detail.

• Own and evolve our design system across components, tokens, and interaction patterns and keeping Figma and code in lockstep.

• Own and ship features across our entire product, from ideation and prototype through deployment.

• Drive product and design decisions through direct user feedback and data analysis.

• Our ideal candidate

• Intensely curious about design, software engineering, technology, and learning generally.

• Obsessed with craft and taste, and is fanatical about polish, down to the pixel.

• Has a portfolio (or projects) that show both design sensibility and shipped frontend work, or experience owning large sections of a codebase.

• Fluent in React, TypeScript, Tailwind, and modern CSS, with a strong feel for motion/animation (Framer Motion, GSAP, or similar) and Figma

• Bias toward action and rapid iteration, and can go from a sketch to a working, interactive prototype in hours.

• Uses or can quickly adapt to an AI-native workflow, and comfortable delegating work to models, writing code with AI, building agents, and engineering the way they work; constantly looks for opportunities to automate repetitive tasks and create leverage through software.

Our values

Ship extraordinarily fast and often

Practice radical transparency and over communication

Drive runs in your DNA — you want to win more than anything else

No superiority complex: willingness to answer customer phone calls

Make data-driven decisions based on expected value

Ruthless prioritization of work, but still get everything done

What we offer

• Unlimited PTO

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family

• Competitive salary with significant equity options

• Team lunches 2x/week

• Regular team dinners, socials, and off-sites to connect, collaborate, and build team spirit (including EDM shows and raves!) 💃

We are a scrappy startup that is passionate about executing for our user base; we have a lot of fun, but also work incredibly hard. We are looking for someone with a strong sense of drive, an inquisitive mindset, a willingness to learn, and a commitment to quality. As an early team member, you'll gain hands-on experience across the tech stack and have opportunities to develop leadership skills as we scale. If you are looking to make a real impact, become a better engineer, and ride a rocket ship, we encourage you to apply.