Staff Design Engineer
Job Description
Aave Labs, the team behind the Aave Protocol (the largest onchain lending market in DeFi) and the GHO stablecoin, is hiring a Staff Design Engineer to own high-quality web UI and the Aave design system end-to-end, blending product design instincts with hands-on TypeScript/React implementation for complex financial interfaces.
Responsibilities
- Build and ship high-quality UI across Aave's web products
- Own and evolve reusable components in the Aave design system
- Apply product thinking to simplify complex financial UX
- Collaborate with designers, engineers and product leads on ambiguous problems
- Raise the team's quality bar through hands-on work
What we are looking for
- Strong React, TypeScript, CSS, and system/architecture design
- Deep experience with component-driven design systems at scale
- Equally comfortable in Figma and a TypeScript codebase
- Product sense to work from ambiguous briefs
- Experience simplifying complex, multi-step UX flows
- Curiosity about web3/DeFi (nice-to-have)
Additional Information
Aave Protocol is the largest onchain lending market in DeFi, and Aave Labs also issues the GHO stablecoin. This Staff Design Engineer role sits within a small team responsible for both the visual design system and its React/TypeScript implementation across Aave's web products.
Perks and Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity/token grant
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Remote-friendly / flexible work
- Learning & development budget
Keywords: React, TypeScript, Design Systems, Figma, DeFi
Aave Labs
📍 London, United KingdomVisit Company WebsiteAave Labs is the original developer of the Aave Protocol, the largest onchain lending market by total value locked, and the GHO decentralized stablecoin. The company also operates Push, a regulated crypto-asset service provider (CASP) under MiCAR bringing fiat on/off-ramp services to Europe.
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