Buena - Design Engineer (m/w/d)
Requirements
• built production web UI end-to-end • You are proficient in TypeScript with strong experience in React/Next.js and modern CSS • You are proficient in TypeScript • You have a sharp, opinionated eye for design and care about the details that make an interface feel polished • You have a sharp, opinionated eye for design • You are comfortable enough with the backend (Node.js, GraphQL, Postgres) to wire up what your front end needs. • You are comfortable enough with the backend • You take ownership seriously: You care about outcomes, move quickly, and are comfortable making decisions in ambiguous situations without waiting for perfect specifications. • You take ownership seriously: • German helps in day-to-day domain context and is a strong plus, but not required. • You enjoy working onsite 5 days a week.
Responsibilities
• Designing, building, and shipping product UI end-to-end, from early ideas to rollout and iteration. • Owning the visual and interaction quality of the product: spacing, typography, motion, hierarchy, and setting the bar for how Buena looks and feels. • Translating dense operational workflows (accounting, contracts, maintenance, owner communication) into simple, reliable, AI-enabled interfaces • Building in code. You prototype fast, put real screens in front of property managers, and let feedback drive the next iteration. • Help us shape design and frontend culture as we grow, be it our design system, component standards, or workflow optimizations. • You may be a good fit if you: • You have designed and built production web UI end-to-end, and are comfortable owning surfaces from idea through deployment and iteration. • You are proficient in TypeScript with strong experience in React/Next.js and modern CSS • You have a sharp, opinionated eye for design and care about the details that make an interface feel polished • You are comfortable enough with the backend (Node.js, GraphQL, Postgres) to wire up what your front end needs. • You take ownership seriously: You care about outcomes, move quickly, and are comfortable making decisions in ambiguous situations without waiting for perfect specifications. • German helps in day-to-day domain context and is a strong plus, but not required. • You enjoy working onsite 5 days a week.
Benefits
• Up to €500 close-to-office bonus, if you decide to live within 10-20 mins walking distance to our office. • 20 Remote days per year you can spend anywhere you want • €110/month lunch budget, €50 fitness subsidy. • €1,200 yearly education budget. • Free books: Buena pays for any book you'd like to read. • We're high-growth with a small, tight-knit team: Within the past 3 years we have become Germany's second largest property manager with less than 25 full-time employees. • We're meritocratic: Your impact gets rewarded, quickly. Our CEO was a Junior Product Manager 3 years ago, our COO was a Chief of Staff 2 years ago. • We're personal: We work from our office in Prenzlauer Berg and place high value on knowing each other well. • We care about outcomes: Homeownership rates in Germany are far below the European average. We're here to enable wealth creation for everyone.
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