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.