Senior Design Engineer

The posting, as Relay wrote it

Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money—bringing clarity, confidence, and control to every dollar earned, so they can turn hard work into lasting success. We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses.

At Relay, we believe that quality and craft are no longer just nice to haves, they’re product requirements. That belief shapes how we build. Design Engineering is a small, deliberate function with a clear mandate: own the front-end across the product, hold a high bar of quality, and raise it over time. The team works directly with product and design, responsible for the UI, the interactions, and the design systems that everything is built on top of.

We're expanding the team and hiring two design engineers who will have real ownership across the product. You'll work on the hardest things to get right: the details that make an interface feel intentional, the systems that make quality consistent at scale, and the problems that require someone who thinks in both design and code.

This is a formative moment for the Design Engineering function at Relay while it’s still relatively new. You’ll have the chance to make an outsized role in shaping how it grows, how it integrates across product teams, and what it means for how Relay builds product going forward.

If you’re curious to learn more about the standard we hold ourselves to, and the kind of work you’d be owning before you apply, check out some of our recent work:

• Telegraph design system documentation https://storybook.relayfi.design/: The foundations used by engineers across the company to ship product. The details are intentional, and so is the fact we made it public.
• Relay’s new home page https://relayfi.com/: a collaboration with our marketing design team to introduce a new level of expression to our front door.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Set a high bar of quality across the product by owning the front-end. Identify and systematically reduce UI and UX debt, improve implementation patterns, and raise the overall level of craft across the application.
• Embed within product teams to lead UI implementation for new features from concept through launch. Partner closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to ensure shipped experiences meet a high standard for quality, usability, and polish.
• Own and evolve Telegraph, our design system. Define and maintain component APIs, composition patterns, interaction standards, and documentation that enable teams to build consistent, scalable interfaces efficiently.
• Champion accessibility and performance as core product requirements. Ship experiences that are fast, resilient, and accessible by default through semantic implementation, keyboard support, focus management, testing, and ongoing pe

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find the freedom here empowering.

• You own your work: You take pride in your work, follow through on commitments, and feel a deep sense of responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks.
• You build with AI, not just use it: You're actively embedding AI into how you work, pushing what's possible, and bringing your team along with you.
• You care about impact, not noise: You care deeply about the substance of your work. You measure success by results, not recognition, and you let your work speak for itself.
• You’re energized by complexity and ambiguity: You enjoy tackling problems that don’t come with a playbook. You’re comfortable building from scratch, iterating as you go, and collaborating to shape the best path forward.
• You seek out feedback: You see directness as respect, not criticism. You actively seek input, sit with hard truths, and use feedback as fuel for improvement.
• Small businesses are why we're here: Relay exists to help them thrive -- and that mission has to resonate with you.

Join Us

We're looking for people who are relentless, curious, and care deeply about the work. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description -- your perspective and drive matter more. We welcome diverse backgrounds and people who think critically, challenge the status quo, and want to help small businesses thrive.

If you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please reach out to your Talent Partner.

Disclaimer: For compliance reasons, all offers of employment at Relay are conditional upon a successful background check and employment verification through Certn.

Important Notice: Relay’s recruitment team only contacts candidates and corresponds from official corporate email addresses ending in @relayfi.com. We will never ask for sensitive personal data (such as bank account details, credit card numbers, or social security/insurance numbers) during the initial application or interview stages.