The Role

This is a senior, hands-on role at the intersection of design, frontend engineering, and product thinking. You’ll work closely with product, engineering, and leadership to turn complex AI-driven insights into clear, intuitive, and trustworthy user experiences.

This role is not about “making things pretty.” It’s about making complex systems feel simple, grounded, and reliable — especially for CFOs making high-stakes decisions.

What You’ll Do

• Own and elevate the overall product experience across systemzero

• Design and implement high-quality frontend interfaces for complex, data-dense workflows

• Translate ambiguous product ideas into clear interaction models and UI patterns

• Build and maintain a cohesive component system that balances speed and quality

• Define interaction patterns, layout systems, and visual hierarchy across the product

• Work closely with engineers to ensure design intent is preserved in production

• Collaborate with product to shape workflows, not just screens

• Improve the way AI-generated insights are presented, explained, and trusted

• Reduce UX debt and increase consistency as the product scales

• Set a high bar for frontend craftsmanship through example and mentorship

What We’re Looking For

Core Profile

• 6–10+ years of experience in frontend engineering, design engineering, or similar roles

• Strong production experience with React and TypeScript

• Proven ability to ship polished, real-world product experiences

• Deep understanding of interaction design, layout, typography, and UI systems

• Strong product instincts — you think in workflows, not mockups

• Ability to explain and defend design decisions with clarity and reasoning

Design × Engineering Balance

• You are equally comfortable:

  • designing interactions

  • writing production frontend code

  • iterating quickly based on feedback

• You care deeply about details, but don’t block shipping

• You understand where polish matters — and where it doesn’t

• You can operate without a rigid design handoff process

Mindset & Way of Working

• Strong bias to action — you ship, iterate, and refine

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and early-stage environments

• Low ego, high ownership

• Thoughtful communicator who collaborates well across disciplines

• Energized by building foundational product experiences, not just optimizing mature ones

• Not looking for a process-heavy, highly structured environment

If you’re expecting pixel-perfect specs, long design cycles, or clear handoffs, this role is probably not a good fit.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience as a founding engineer or early employee at a startup (especially in B2B SaaS), demonstrating ability to build from scratch and adapt quickly

• Prior exposure to financial systems or Office of the CFO domains (e.g. FP&A, accounting, business analytics).

What We Offer

• The opportunity to build a category-defining product for CFOs and finance teams, tackling important problems in a huge industry.

• Deep, hands-on exposure to applied AI systems in a real production environment (this is a chance to push the state-of-the-art in practice, not just in theory).

• A high-trust, senior team with strong technical taste and a collaborative, low-ego culture. You’ll be working with humble but world-class talent that values learning and growth.

• Real ownership and influence over architecture and product direction – your ideas will shape the product and company.

• Competitive compensation, startup equity, and benefits.

• A hybrid work setup with flexible remote scheduling and intentional in-person collaboration. (We have a coworking space and get together ~2-3 days a week to whiteboard, pair program, and have fun as a team.)