Clerk is seeking a Design Engineer to join their mission-driven team, focused on making Clerk the leading solution for user management. This role involves building cutting-edge web experiences using advanced CSS, Shaders, WebGL, and modern animation frameworks to create immersive visual experiences and sophisticated micro-interactions. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in marketing-focused animation, strong React and TypeScript skills, and a performance optimization mindset to deliver delightful and high-performing web experiences.

Must Have

• Build cutting-edge web experiences using advanced CSS, Shaders, WebGL, and modern animation frameworks.
• Implement sophisticated micro-interactions that guide visitors through the website.
• Collaborate closely with the growth design team to translate concepts into web experiences.
• Push the boundaries of web animation while maintaining performance across all devices.
• Optimize for both delight and performance, ensuring smooth 60fps experiences.
• Prototype and iterate rapidly on marketing concepts using motion.
• Establish Clerk's animation voice, creating a distinctive motion language.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building production-grade marketing websites with animations.
• Marketing-focused animation expertise with deep knowledge of scroll-triggered animations, hero sequences, WebGL effects.
• Strong React & TypeScript foundation with experience using modern frameworks (e.g., Next.js) and animation libraries (Framer Motion, React Spring).
• Performance optimization mindset for rich visual experiences.
• Visual storytelling sensibility with an eye for how motion can communicate brand values.
• Experience collaborating with brand designers, marketers, and growth teams.
• Creative development background with a portfolio showcasing marketing websites.

Good to Have

• Experience at a developer tools company or building for developers.
• Familiarity with React, mobile UI considerations, or building cross-platform components.
• Experience with Web Components, SSR / server components, or component delivery across framework boundaries.
• Knowledge of frontend-facing APIs, browser session / cross-site contexts, security / privacy concerns in UI.

Perks & Benefits

• Working on high-impact challenges where design, UX, performance, and developer experience matter.
• Small, focused team with lots of ownership and low bureaucracy.
• Remote work, flexible hours, overlapping windows across the Americas & EU.
• Competitive salary + equity.
• Great tools, great people, and an environment pushing toward high quality.

Design Engineer

Location

US, EU

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

Design

About Clerk

Clerk is on a mission to solve user management once and for all. We are a globally distributed team dedicated to providing best-in-class developer experience, with obsessive attention to every detail. Today, we provide developers with full-stack React components and hooks like , , , useUser, and useOrganization. These APIs allow developers to build hard-to-get-right user and organization management flows. We believe that a component is worth a thousand APIs.

What you'll do

• Be part of a mission-driven design team focused on making Clerk the de facto solution for user management, organizations and billing for developers
• Build cutting-edge web experiences using advanced CSS, Shaders, WebGL, and modern animation frameworks (like motion.dev) to create event driven animations, and immersive visual experiences.
• Implement sophisticated micro-interactions that guide visitors through our website, making complex developer tools feel approachable and exciting
• Collaborate closely with the growth design team to translate concepts into living, breathing web experiences that capture attention and drive conversion
• Push the boundaries of web animation while maintaining performance across all devices - creating experiences that make visitors stop scrolling and say "wow"
• Optimize for both delight and performance ensuring smooth 60fps experiences across desktop and mobile while maintaining fast loading times and accessibility standards
• Prototype and iterate rapidly on marketing concepts, using motion to tell compelling product stories and differentiate Clerk in the crowded developer tools market
• Establish our animation voice creating a distinctive motion language that makes Clerk's marketing presence instantly recognizable and memorable

Who You Are

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building production-grade marketing websites with memorable, tasteful animations that drive engagement and conversions
• Marketing-focused animation expertise with deep knowledge of scroll-triggered animations, hero sequences, WebGL effects, and creative development techniques that capture attention without overwhelming users
• Strong React & TypeScript foundation with experience building complex marketing sites using modern frameworks (ex. Next.js) and animation libraries (Framer Motion, React Spring)
• Performance optimization mindset understanding how to create rich visual experiences that still load fast, work across devices, and maintain excellent Core Web Vitals scores
• Visual storytelling sensibility with an eye for how motion can communicate brand values, explain complex products, and guide visitors through marketing funnels
• Marketing collaboration experience comfortable working with brand designers, marketers, and growth teams to translate campaign concepts into compelling web experiences
• Creative development background with a portfolio showcasing marketing websites that balance visual impact with conversion optimization

Nice to Haves

• Experience at a developer tools company or building for developers as your primary users.
• Familiarity with React, mobile UI considerations, or building cross-platform components.
• Experience with Web Components, SSR / server components, or component delivery across framework boundaries.
• Knowledge of frontend-facing APIs, browser session / cross-site contexts, security / privacy concerns in UI.

Why Clerk?

• You’ll be working on high-impact challenges where design, UX, performance, and developer experience really matter.
• A small, focused team; lots of ownership, low bureaucracy.
• Remote work (we trust you), flexible hours, overlapping windows across the Americas & EU.
• Competitive salary + equity.
• Great tools, great people, and an environment pushing toward high quality.

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