# Senior Design Engineer - Company: [Sovereign Engineering]() - Location: Remote – Americas \+ Europe - Remote: Yes - Team: Product - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: July 15, 2025 ## Job description At Obscura we are building the next generation of VPN services – ones that are actually **private and seamless**. We fight to make the Internet open and private by default. We obsessively design and build delightful products that help our customers secure and free their internet access. We’re seeking a **Design Engineer** passionate about **crafting/building exceptional experiences** and **shaping the future of privacy-tech products**. You'll collaborate with the founder and our top-tier engineers to code up (re)imagined product experiences, realize marketing efforts, and shape our product strategy. Your goal: make Obscura's products **intuitive**, **accessible**, and **distinguished** – simplifying open and private Internet access for our users. Obscura is growing quickly and is **funded by prominent Angels and investors**. # What you will be doing * Designing **new features and experiences** for Obscura VPN * Writing robust and maintainable **frontend code** * **Driving product initiatives** from ideation to design and implementation * Collaborating with the founder, marketing, and engineering teams * Managing and prioritizing your workload across multiple focus areas and projects * Contributing to the strategy, planning, and execution of the product roadmap * Considering all parts when crafting experiences: from copy to animation to business impact # What we look for in you * 4+ years of relevant experience working with product and engineering teams * Mastery of relevant **design tools** (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Rive, etc.) * Mastery of **frontend programming** in React and vanilla HTML/CSS/JS * A **portfolio** that shows work you were directly responsible for designing and developing * Proven ability to thrive and excel in **remote teams** * You can take **ambiguous problem spaces** and shape them into **clear and elegant solutions** * Deep **care and attention to user feedback** to arrive at well-crafted solutions * Discriminatingly *borrow* from existing design patterns or *rethink* them where appropriate for the problem at hand * The ability to **learn new skills** and **rapidly iterate** to drive product initiatives forward * A desire to **strive for excellence** in your work until all details are attended to * The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and **proactively seek feedback** to help you produce your best work * You **surface pivotal decisions and requirements early** and proactively coordinate with team members # Nice to haves * Experience with **privacy-tech products** * You have worked with [**Astro**](https://astro.build/)**, React, Typescript, SwiftUI** * You have worked at a **startup** * Personal interest in **advancing digital privacy** # Compensation expectations * Competitive salary and equity compensation dependent on level and experience * US employees: Competitive health benefits # Location * Remote Americas or Europe # Interview Process * Initial interview with our Founder (45 mins) * 2x Interview with key Team Members (45 mins each) * Final interview with our Founder (45 mins) ## Apply [Apply on Sovereign Engineering]() Canonical job page: