Job Details

Overview

Founding Design Engineer role at 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.

This range is provided by Curo. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$100,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr

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.

Role responsibilities

• 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 component library, animation patterns, and accessibility guardrails every future engineer will rely on.
• Prototype and validate fast: turn concepts into live experiments, collect driver/host feedback the same afternoon, and iterate without waiting for “perfect.”
• Raise the performance bar – monitorfunnels for lag or jank, offline-first caching, and low-connectivity fallbacks.
• Keep it clear, never confusing – collaborate with Ops & BD to turn raw fleet pain points into elegant workflows.
• Partner with backend & data: co-design APIs, real-time feeds, and analytics hooks that make feature work 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: tokens, theming, 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, PostgreSQL real-time), 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.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Transportation, Logistics and Storage

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