Design Engineer (m/w/d)

Buena is building technology for real estate, focusing on property management. They are hiring a Design Engineer who combines design and frontend engineering skills to build end-to-end product UI.

• Designing, building, and shipping product UI end-to-end, from early ideas to rollout and iteration.
• Owning the visual and interaction quality of the product: spacing, typography, motion, hierarchy, and setting the bar for how Buena looks and feels.
• Translating dense operational workflows (accounting, contracts, maintenance, owner communication) into simple, reliable, AI-enabled interfaces
• Building in code. You prototype fast, put real screens in front of property managers, and let feedback drive the next iteration.
• Help us shape design and frontend culture as we grow, be it our design system, component standards, or workflow optimizations.

• You have designed and built production web UI end-to-end, and are comfortable owning surfaces from idea through deployment and iteration.
• You are proficient in TypeScript with strong experience in React/Next.js and modern CSS
• You have a sharp, opinionated eye for design and care about the details that make an interface feel polished
• You are comfortable enough with the backend (Node.js, GraphQL, Postgres) to wire up what your front end needs.
• You take ownership seriously: You care about outcomes, move quickly, and are comfortable making decisions in ambiguous situations without waiting for perfect specifications.
• German helps in day-to-day domain context and is a strong plus, but not required.
• You enjoy working onsite 5 days a week.

• Up to €500 close-to-office bonus, if you decide to live within 10-20 mins walking distance to our office.
• 20 Remote days per year you can spend anywhere you want
• €110/month lunch budget, €50 fitness subsidy.
• €1,200 yearly education budget.
• Free books: Buena pays for any book you'd like to read.
• We're high-growth with a small, tight-knit team
• We're meritocratic: Your impact gets rewarded, quickly.
• We're personal: We work from our office in Prenzlauer Berg and place high value on knowing each other well.
• We care about outcomes