QuickNode is a cloud-based infrastructure company that powers the blockchain ecosystem.

Our mission is to be the indispensable utility that empowers companies and innovators globally to build next-generation, Web3 enabled businesses & applications using blockchain technology. QuickNode is backed by some of the world’s best investors including Tiger Global, Y Combinator, SoftBank, and the Seven Seven Six Fund. The QuickNode team has over 90 people maintaining high performance global data infrastructure for amazing customers serving billions of requests daily.

We are a global remote first company HQ’d in Miami, Florida.

The Design Engineer will extend capabilities on design system and component library work current heavily under-way for Icy and ramping up more and more for QuickNode. Over time, this will be a key resource in developing a design system and component library useable by both brands to drive product across: icy.tools, Dev Ex team (portal, SDKs, etc), Marketing team, and Customer App team.

What you’ll be doing

• • Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other developers to implement pixel-perfect, robust, and accessible user interfaces on the web
  • Collaborate with other teams as you help build and maintain our design systems across both Icy.Tools and QuickNode.
  • Collaborate with backend engineers to understand our APIs that power dynamic frontend features
  • Directly influence and introduce new design and engineering standards, tooling, and processes that help the team scale
  • Work end to end with stakeholders to understand product and features requirements, design UI/UX solutions in Figma with a design-system first approach, and carry your designs through to code

What We’re Looking for

• • An entrepreneurial engineer who has a love, new or old, for Web3 technology and blockchain data
  • Someone who loves thinking big picture while executing on small details
  • Someone who enjoys working across the stack and has experience delivering features end-to-end, with a knack for understanding edge cases and user experience
  • Someone who has a growth mindset and constantly strives to confront challenges, learn, and adapt to the fast-paced landscape of Web3 products
  • Someone with a thoughtful approach to engineering that allows them to build future-proof features, write organized code, and iterate quickly
  • Someone with a deep passion for both code and creativity

What You’ll Bring

• • Professional experience in modern JavaScript frameworks (React, ViewComponent, Angular, etc)
  • Professional experience in Typescript, HTML, CSS3 usage in building large-scale applications
  • Experience working in modern design software (Figma, Sketch, etc.)
  • Experience in UI design and the design process
  • Experience building fulling responsive or adaptive designs
  • Experience adding motion and animations to enhance the experience
  • Proficient in Git and knowledge of pull-request-based workflows
  • Sense of customer empathy and experience strategizing the product direction
  • Desire to understand developer pain points, things that need to get done, and a strong sense of ownership
  • Demonstrate ability to deliver results on time with high quality
  • Good communication skills and responsiveness