UI Engineer / Product Designer at FetLife

At FetLife we are looking for an open-minded, kink-friendly Product Designer / UI Engineer to help us better serve the community.

At FetLife, you will be responsible for

• Designing features that work well on various devices and screen sizes
• Writing clean and performant HTML and (S)CSS
• Developing, maintaining, and documenting our design system
• Working with the Product Team to define, build, and ship new and improved features
• Identifying and componentizing reusable design widgets
• Continuously improving our sites usability and accessibility
• Making sure the website renders well on supporter browsers

Our Technology Stack

• Rails monolith
• Frontend being mostly Vue.js with TypeScript
• Testing done with RSpec & Capybara
• Continuous integration and deployment done with Circle CI
• MySQL for our main database
• Redis for our activity feeds, session storage, queue management, and caching
• ElasticSearch for full-text search
• DevOps using Docker images orchestrated with Kubernetes and Helm
• Service and performance monitoring done with Datadog and NewRelic

You should have experience

• Writing semantic HTML and (S)CSS
• Maintaining and Improving Design Systems
• Continuously deploying code

Bonus if you have experience

• Working productively on a small 100% remote team
• Navigating and understanding a large codebase
• Working with Tachyons or Tailwind
• Implementing Rails views (Slim)
• With Javascript libraries including but not limited to: Vue.js
• Writing clear, concise, and persuasive copy #copyisdesign
• A/B testing multiple solutions, analyzing results, and developing hypotheses

To be successful at FetLife, you need to be

• Independent but also a team player
• Self-motivated and have strong organizational skills
• Vocal about your opinions but not married to them
• Driven to learn and self-improve
• A strong written communicator

At FetLife we

• Are 100% remote, work from multiple time zones
• Use Notion, Slack, and GitHub to collaborate
• Are community driven and work both hard and smart

You can find our core values here.

Why work with FetLife

• Have your work impact millions of people
• Work with a great group of people from all over the world
• Grow as a Product Designer / UI Engineer #BigPassionateCommunity #HighTraffic
• Gain a broader and deeper understanding of human sexuality and kink

More about FetLife

• Largest kinky social network this side of the milky way
• We focus on doing the right thing and not hockey stick shaped charts
• Have over 10 million members… and growing
• Grew 100% by word-of-mouth
• Serve over 1.5 billion requests a day

How we hire

• Everyone initially starts as either a part-time or full-time contractor
• If over time we both believe it's a good fit, and you're interested in something more permanent, we then will make you a more permanent offer

How to apply

Send an email to jointheteam+ui@fetlife.com. In the email, please include:

• Quick introduction about yourself
• Link to, or attach your portfolio showcasing your latest work
• Link to your GitHub or GitLab account (if you have one)
• Why you believe you are the right person for this role
• Link to your LinkedIn profile -and/or- a copy of your resume in PDF format
• Availability i.e. part-time (amount of hours per week) or full-time
• Rate

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to email us at jointheteam+ui@fetlife.com!