Design Engineer (m/f/x)

We’re looking for a Design Engineer to bridge design and development in our online team. You’ll prototype, design and build frontend features while collaborating with our developers. Beyond creating new features, you'll also improve existing ones, our design and frontend architecture. You'll be working on our vibrant community platform, which hosts over 17 million photos, a magazine with 30,000 articles, competitions, events, a school section and more – all while supporting multiple languages. Additionally, you'll contribute to our online shop and internal tools, including sales analytics, newsletter distribution, translations and content management. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving, creating ideas, crafting intuitive interfaces and working hands-on with code.

Lomography is a globally active organization dedicated to experimental and creative analogue photography. Originally established in 1992 by a group of offbeat students as an arts movement, but fuelled by fiery passion and burning curiosity, the Lomographic Society soon grew into an international venture. Our snapshots are characterized by vibrant colours, surprise effects and pure spontaneity. We have over a million creative members across the world and invite you to let loose, ignite your inspiration and to catapult your shots around the globe through our online platform. Whether you’re a complete novice or a seasoned pro, everyone can harness the photographic power to create something incredible. Don’t think – just shoot!

• Design and implement UI/UX with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

• Prototype and develop new platform features

• Improve existing features, our design and frontend architecture

• Work on our community platform and contribute to our online shop

• 3+ years of experience in frontend development or a degree in a related field

• Strong frontend skills (HTML, CSS and JavaScript)

• UI/UX expertise and experience with design tools (Figma, Sketch, …)

• Clean, maintainable coding habits and version control experience (Git)

These skills are nice to have but not required – the most important thing is a willingness to learn:

• Experience with Ruby on Rails (or any other backend language)

• Experience with eCommerce platforms

• Experience in platform development

• Work on a platform celebrating photography and creativity

• Be part of a small, collaborative team where your ideas matter

• On-site position in Vienna with a hands-on creative team

This is a full-time position in Vienna, Austria. Please send us your CV, portfolio or reference projects. The minimum gross salary for this position is 14 × € 2,195 a year, including social benefits, plus employee benefit fund deposits. Depending on qualifications and experience, overpayment is of course possible. Please note that this job requires EU-citizenship (mind transitional provisions), citizenship in the European Economic Area, Swiss citizenship, or a standing access to the Austrian labour market and make sure to include the relevant information in your application!