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Because most of it was. As our Design Engineer, you define how alago looks, feels and behaves - and you ship it yourself, in React. Full-time, Munich.\nWhy this role exists\nConstruction software looks like it was designed in 2000. Because most of it actually was.\nWe're building something different. AI-powered, yes. But also: actually intuitive. Actually something a 60-year-old project manager in the office and a 19-year-old worker on site both want to open.\nConstruction deserves software that doesn't suck. You'll help build it.\nalago is a year old - eleven people, 20+ customers, a €1M+ pre-seed from leading construction-tech VCs and one of Germany's largest project developers. You'll define our visual identity in month 12-24 of the company. That window closes fast.\nTasks\nWhat you'll actually do\nThink through user requirements and draft PRDs. \nPrototype new features: In Figma, Claude Design or straight in code, and contribute to the specs so the team ships fast\n Ship production UI: Work directly in our frontend (React, TypeScript, Tailwind, shadcn) to build the interfaces you designed. No handoff, no telephone game.\nBuild design system: Components in Figma, tokens and the real ones in code, so every engineer ships cohesive UI faster\nLearn from users: Watch what actually confuses construction teams, then fix it\nRequirements\nMust-haves\nC1 German: you'll talk to German construction project managers directly\nUX/UI proficiency: components, prototyping, systems thinking\nReal frontend fundamentals: React, TypeScript, Tailwind (or the equivalents you've worked in): component architecture, state, responsive layout, and enough instinct for performance to know when something will break\nA portfolio of complex software UI you both designed and built. Dense, real, hard problems. Not landing pages.\nObsessive about the details: Alignment, type, motion curves, layout shift\nBonus\nYou have strong opinions about products you love and hate, and you notice details other people miss\nExperience with Figma MCP, Cursor or Lovable\nPast work in B2B SaaS or complex enterprise tools\nYou've built a design system from zero\nNot a match on every line? Apply anyway - show us what you've built.\nBenefits\nYou'll be our first design engineering hire, which means you own critical parts of the product end to end and work directly with the founders. It's early enough that you help decide how the company works, and the path from here goes to either top individual contributor or leading design engineering / product as we grow, depending on where you're strongest. Competive compensation with equity.\nHybrid: three days a week in our central Munich office (WERK1)\nPlus: Wellpass, team dinners twice a week, relocation support.\nHow hiring works\nThree stages, no endless loops.\nA 20-minute intro call to see whether we are on the same page\nA 30-minute call with Vinzenz, our technical co-founder.\nAn onsite case study in Munich. We send the materials ahead (plan on about 2-3 hours of prep), then we work through it together in the office. 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