Curo Verified
["Financial Services","Consumer Lending","FinTech"]
Founding Design Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$100,000–$150,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship availableHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Curo is a startup accelerating electrification by enabling commercial fleets to lease EV chargers, reducing cost and time while generating revenue for EV charging and parking asset owners. They are seeking a Founding Design Engineer with a UI/UX focus to own the frontend experience for their mobile and web products. This role involves building critical user workflows in React/Next.js/TypeScript, designing the component library and design system, rapid prototyping and validation, optimizing performance for real-time and low-connectivity environments, and collaborating with backend and data teams on API design. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in React/Next.js/Tailwind/TypeScript, proven design system ownership, and a startup mindset.
**What’s Curo?**
We’re a 9 person startup on a mission to accelerate electrification. We enable commercial fleets to lease EV chargers, helping them to electrify at a fraction of the cost and time. In tandem, we drive additional revenue to owners of EV charging and parking.
* Building charging infrastructure as a fleet is expensive, takes a ton of time and in a lot of cases isn’t possible. Conversely, ensuring a return on investment for EV charging and parking assets is really difficult. To efficiently scale, we need mass visibility, stakeholder management and collaboration → enter Curo.
**What's the role?**
We're looking for a UI/UX-centric software engineer to own the frontend experience across our mobile and web products. You'll be building workflows used by drivers, fleet managers, and site hosts—all of whom rely on fast, intuitive interfaces to succeed.
You'll:
* **Ship mission-critical surfaces**: charger discovery maps, session trackers, onboarding flows—built in React / Next.js + Tailwind + TypeScript and tuned for real-time interactions.
* **Design the paved path**: create the component library, animation patterns, and accessibility guardrails every future engineer will rely on.
* **Prototype ↔ validate fast**: turn concepts into live experiments, collect driver/host feedback the same afternoon, and iterate without waiting for “perfect.”
* **Raise the performance bar** – monitor PostHog funnels for lag or jank, offline-first caching, and low-connectivity fallbacks (parking garages are your proving ground).
* **Keep it clear, never confusing** – sit with Ops & BD to turn raw fleet pain points into elegant workflows—and defend simplicity whenever complexity tries to creep in.
* **Partner deeply with backend & data**: co-design APIs, real-time feeds, and analytics hooks that make feature work feel friction-less for the whole team.
**Who are we looking for?**
* **5+ yrs** shipping UI/UX in React / Next.js with Tailwind & TypeScript (mobile-first as default).
* Proven **design-system ownership**: from tokens and theming to doc-site, versioning, and adoption metrics.
* Startup DNA—early employee or founder—comfortable wearing product, design, and eng hats on the same day.
* A track record of **building products people love**
* **Bonus points** for map/geo UI, real-time data (WebSockets, polling, postgres realtime), or prior work in mobility / climate tech.
**Core Values**
* You’re Driven → We bring passion to everything we do.
* You Have Good Vibes → We show up authentically for each other, every single day.
* You’re Scrappy → We lean into our curiosity to find creative solutions.
* You’re Trustworthy → We follow through on our commitments.
* You’re Collaborative → We lift each other up and share both victories and challenges.
* You’re Fearless → We take smart risks and speak up with conviction.
* You Deliver Effective Communication → We adapt our communication style thoughtfully.
We’re a 9 person startup on a mission to accelerate electrification. We enable commercial fleets to lease EV chargers, helping them to electrify at a fraction of the cost and time. In tandem, we drive additional revenue to owners of EV charging and parking.
* Building charging infrastructure as a fleet is expensive, takes a ton of time and in a lot of cases isn’t possible. Conversely, ensuring a return on investment for EV charging and parking assets is really difficult. To efficiently scale, we need mass visibility, stakeholder management and collaboration → enter Curo.
**What's the role?**
We're looking for a UI/UX-centric software engineer to own the frontend experience across our mobile and web products. You'll be building workflows used by drivers, fleet managers, and site hosts—all of whom rely on fast, intuitive interfaces to succeed.
You'll:
* **Ship mission-critical surfaces**: charger discovery maps, session trackers, onboarding flows—built in React / Next.js + Tailwind + TypeScript and tuned for real-time interactions.
* **Design the paved path**: create the component library, animation patterns, and accessibility guardrails every future engineer will rely on.
* **Prototype ↔ validate fast**: turn concepts into live experiments, collect driver/host feedback the same afternoon, and iterate without waiting for “perfect.”
* **Raise the performance bar** – monitor PostHog funnels for lag or jank, offline-first caching, and low-connectivity fallbacks (parking garages are your proving ground).
* **Keep it clear, never confusing** – sit with Ops & BD to turn raw fleet pain points into elegant workflows—and defend simplicity whenever complexity tries to creep in.
* **Partner deeply with backend & data**: co-design APIs, real-time feeds, and analytics hooks that make feature work feel friction-less for the whole team.
**Who are we looking for?**
* **5+ yrs** shipping UI/UX in React / Next.js with Tailwind & TypeScript (mobile-first as default).
* Proven **design-system ownership**: from tokens and theming to doc-site, versioning, and adoption metrics.
* Startup DNA—early employee or founder—comfortable wearing product, design, and eng hats on the same day.
* A track record of **building products people love**
* **Bonus points** for map/geo UI, real-time data (WebSockets, polling, postgres realtime), or prior work in mobility / climate tech.
**Core Values**
* You’re Driven → We bring passion to everything we do.
* You Have Good Vibes → We show up authentically for each other, every single day.
* You’re Scrappy → We lean into our curiosity to find creative solutions.
* You’re Trustworthy → We follow through on our commitments.
* You’re Collaborative → We lift each other up and share both victories and challenges.
* You’re Fearless → We take smart risks and speak up with conviction.
* You Deliver Effective Communication → We adapt our communication style thoughtfully.
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