User Experience Engineer @ Pagaya Investments

About Pagaya

Shape the Future of Finance

Pagaya is building a leading artificial intelligence network to help our partners grow their businesses and better serve their customers.

Pagaya is a global technology company making life-changing financial products and services available to more people nationwide, as it reshapes the financial services ecosystem. By using machine learning, a vast data network and a sophisticated AI-driven approach, Pagaya provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers, and investors. Its proprietary API and capital solutions integrate into its network of partners to deliver seamless user experiences and greater access to the mainstream economy. Pagaya has offices in New York and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit pagaya.com.

Let's create better outcomes together!

About the Role

We’re looking for a hybrid User Experience Engineer to join our growing team. This is a hands-on, dual-discipline role—perfect for someone who loves both designing in Figma and building in code. You’ll play a key role in shaping the user experience from early concepts to polished implementation, contributing to everything from design systems to deployment. This is a great opportunity to build an in-house practice with wide access to stakeholders across all teams. Your work will have a direct impact with Pagaya's growth journey.

Responsibilities

Design intuitive, engaging UI/UX for web and mobile using Figma
Build responsive, performant front-end experiences with Next.js, React, and V0.dev
Contribute to and maintain scalable design systems using Tailwind CSS
Collaborate with cross-functional teams—product, engineering, content—to deliver cohesive user experiences
Integrate your work with a range of CMS platforms such as WordPress, Webflow, Builder.io, and/or Storyblock.
Support site builds and optimization on WPEngine and Vercel
Follow and apply website compliance standards (accessibility, performance, SEO)
Utilize GitHub for version control, branching, pull requests, and peer reviews
Maintain awareness of plugin ecosystems, selecting and integrating tools as needed (GreenHouse, Safebase)
Ensure a high level of detail, documentation, and organization in both design and code
Work on a flexible schedule with strong ownership of your time and deliverables

Requirements

1–4 years of experience in product design and/or frontend engineering
Strong proficiency with Figma and an eye for layout, typography, and interaction design
Familiarity with React, Next.js, and eagerness to deepen frontend engineering skills
Comfortable working with GitHub and Homebrew-based development workflows
Experience deploying to platforms like Vercel and WPEngine
Confident in managing and customizing WordPress sites and plugins
Proactive about learning and implementing AI tools like V0.dev
Experience working across various CMS platforms with a fast learning curve
Clear communicator who thrives in a collaborative, hybrid creative/technical environment
Strong attention to website compliance standards (WCAG, SEO, performance best practices)

Nice to Haves

Experience maintaining or contributing to a shared design system
Exposure to motion/interaction design and animation tooling
Background in startup environments or lean product teams

The pay ranges for New York-based hires are commensurate with candidate experience.

Pay ranges for candidates working in locations other than New York may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.

Compensation Range for New York Based Hires

$130,000—$150,000 USD

Our Team

Pagaya was founded in 2016 by seasoned research, finance, and technology entrepreneurs with our head quarters located in NYC and Tel Aviv.

We move fast and smart, identifying new opportunities and building end-to-end solutions from AI models and unique data sources. Every Pagaya team member is solving new and exciting challenges every day in a culture based on partnership, collaboration, and community.

Join a team of builders who are working every day to enable better outcomes for our partners and their customers.

Our Values

Continuously Learn- We challenge ourselves for the sake of getting better as individuals, as teams, and as an organization to deliver for our partners.
Debate and Commit- We respectfully and openly debate to strengthen our ideas and build shared conviction - once we decide, we go all in, together.
Dream Big and Act- We boldly tackle complex problems, pressure-test solutions in real-time, and adapt with speed and energy.
Advance Inclusion- We create a world where everyone can win, designing systems that better represent people and generate sustainable value for our employees, partners and investors.
Be Accountable Together- We proudly own our actions and our results, taking initiative to ensure our work gets over the finish line as a team.

More than just a job

We believe health, happiness, and productivity go hand-in-hand. That's why we're continually looking to enhance the ways we support you with benefits programs and perks that allow every Pagayan to do the best work of their life.

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