Lead UX/UI Engineer

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><h3>About Us</h3> <p>Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.</p></div><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About the Role:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are seeking a&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">Lead UX/UI Engineer</span><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;to lead the design and front-end experience of products across Red Cell and its portfolio companies. This is a highly hands-on role for someone who excels at translating complex ideas into intuitive, beautiful, and scalable digital experiences while also bringing those experiences to life through modern front-end development.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is not a traditional design role.&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;operate&nbsp;at the intersection of product design, engineering, and AI&nbsp;–&nbsp;partnering closely with founders, product leaders, and engineers to rapidly prototype, build, and ship products from concept to production.&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;be expected to move fluidly between user research, interaction design, high-fidelity UI, front-end implementation, and AI-assisted development.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Product experience is a core operating capability at Red Cell.&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;help shape products, companies, and brands from&nbsp;inception&nbsp;through growth by creating experiences that are both technically sound and thoughtfully designed.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This role will also dedicate up to 25% of time supporting Red Cell's Marketing, Brand, and Communications team through web development and implementation for Red Cell Partners and its incubation companies' digital presence.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">At Red Cell, we&nbsp;firmly believe&nbsp;that a shared design system that bridges traditional brand guidelines and&nbsp;component&nbsp;libraries drives meaningful value. This role will partner closely with marketing and design to seamlessly integrate&nbsp;brand&nbsp;(visual and&nbsp;story telling) with product usability and experience.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is a remote role with travel expected for bi-annual All Hands and occasional team meetings (~10% or less).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What You Will Do:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Partner closely with founders, product managers, engineers, and leadership to transform ambiguous problem spaces into intuitive product experiences.&nbsp;</span> </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Design and build modern user interfaces across web, mobile, AI agents, wearables, and emerging interaction modalities. <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Create rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts that validate ideas and accelerate product development.&nbsp; </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Own the end-to-end UX/UI process – from discovery and wireframes through polished interfaces and production-ready implementation.&nbsp; </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Develop production frontend applications using modern technologies such as React, TypeScript, and Tailwind </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Apply best practices in frontend engineering, including component composition, prop