Design Engineer

About Coinflow

Coinflow is a next-generation payments company headquartered in Chicago, pioneering the way money moves globally. We enable merchants and marketplaces to accept payment methods across 170+ countries with instant settlement, AI-driven fraud prevention, and blockchain-based proof-of-delivery.

Backed by leading investors—including Pantera Capital, CMT Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, and Reciprocal Ventures—Coinflow recently raised a $25M Series A to accelerate our mission to modernize cross-border payments.

Since our seed round in 2024, we’ve achieved 23x revenue growth and scaled to a multi-billion-dollar annual transaction volume run rate!

Role Overview

Coinflow is seeking a full-time Product Designer who operates at the intersection of design, product thinking, and frontend engineering. This is a foundational hire responsible for shaping how Coinflow’s products are conceived, designed, and built.

This individual will own the end-to-end process of taking complex product problems from discovery and UX design through to UI implementation in production. The ideal candidate is both a strong product designer and a hands-on builder who thrives in fast-moving environments and wants real ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead product experience work from discovery and concept development through wireframes, high-fidelity design, and production implementation

• Translate complex financial, technical, and compliance-driven requirements into intuitive user experiences

• Design and build production UI using React, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn

• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations to scope features and drive execution

• Build and evolve Coinflow’s design system and component library across Figma and code

• Rapidly prototype, test, and iterate on new ideas

• Raise the bar for usability, consistency, and product quality across the platform

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in product design, frontend product engineering, or hybrid design/engineering roles

• Strong portfolio demonstrating product thinking, UX depth, and visual craft

• Proven experience shipping real, production-grade product experiences

• Strong proficiency with React and modern frontend frameworks

• Working knowledge of React, Tailwind CSS, and component systems such as shadcn

• Ability to take ambiguous problems from concept to production

• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating cross-functionally

• Comfort operating in fast-paced, high-ownership startup environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech, payments, crypto, or other highly regulated or complex product domains

• Experience designing and building workflow-heavy or systems-driven products

• Experience building or scaling a design system

• Early-stage or high-growth startup experience

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation including base salary, performance bonus, and meaningful ownership

• Opportunity to be a foundational design hire at a rapidly scaling fintech company

• Collaborative and innovative work environment with world-class investors

• Direct impact on product direction and company trajectory during a hypergrowth phase

Join the team rewriting how money moves worldwide—and become a driving force in the $194 trillion cross-border payments market.