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CoreWeave

Sr. Website UI/UX Designer

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

Experience designing for complex web ecosystems with multiple user journeys, audiences, and content types * Strong experience building high-fidelity prototypes and incorporating thoughtful animations ...

Generationshe

Frontend Software Engineer

Fremont, CA · On-site

$90 - $130/hr

Web performance optimization (Core Web Vitals, lazy loading) * Animation libraries, monorepos (Nx/Turborepo), backend basics (Node.js) Responsibilities * Internal Applications - Design and develop ...

odoo

Junior Brand Designer

Brisbane, CA · On-site

$80K - $100K/yr

Contribute to motion graphics, lightweight animation, or interactive content when needed Modern Design Workflows * Stay current with trends in web design, digital experiences, and creative technology

Jobsbridge

iOS Developer

Cupertino, CA

$63.75 - $88/hr

... Animation, Core Graphics and Core Text o Experience with REST APIs consumption through iOS o ... Qualifications iOS, Java, Web Services Additional Information Multiple Openings for GC/Citizen

SF Tensor

Founding Product Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

... web APIs • A sharp eye for design and motion: you notice when an animation eases awkwardly, when padding feels inconsistent, or when something just looks cheap • Solid backend chops: you can ...

veear projects

Senior Front End

San Jose, CA · On-site

$134K - $177K/yr

... animation experience using D3, Canvas, SVG or WebGL • Meticulous attention to visual details and ... with a web front end framework, e.g. React, Angular, Ember • BA/BS degree in Computer Science ...

Youth Beat

Multimedia Teaching Artist

Oakland, CA · On-site

Editing experience in Adobe Premiere (or animation software) * Additional media skills a plus: Photography, Motion Graphics, Music Composition, Web Design. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Ability to move and ...

Apex Informatics

Product Designer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

Animation related prototypes would be good * B2C exp needed * 80% - Visual design * 20% - Design ... requirements • Work with web developers and engineers to deliver final products Basic ...

Samsung

Android Developer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$65.25 - $85.75/hr

... animations, gestures, in-app billing, etc. Extensive knowledge of Android's resource system and experience developing for multiple screens and form factors Java Development skills Familiar with web ...

SaveDay Inc

Front End Developer

Newark, CA · On-site

$117K - $136K/yr

... animations * Experience styling for Responsive applications, ideally using Bootstrap * Experience developing applications across multiple browsers, for desktops, tablets and phones * Use of web-side ...

SaveDay Inc

Front End Developer

Newark, CA · Hybrid

$117K - $136K/yr

... animations * Experience styling for Responsive applications, ideally using Bootstrap * Experience developing applications across multiple browsers, for desktops, tablets and phones * Use of web-side ...

Multiplier

Managing Editor

San Francisco, CA · On-site

... other web or print content. * Develop messaging and rollout plans for social media campaigns, and direct development of images, videos, and animations. * Represent the project in networking and ...

Samsung

Android Developer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$65.25 - $85.75/hr

... GCM, animations, gestures, in-app billing, etc. • Extensive knowledge of Android's resource ... with web services and REST API's • Have Android applications in production in the app store • ...

Multiplier

Managing Editor

San Francisco, CA · On-site

... other web or print content. * Develop messaging and rollout plans for social media campaigns, and direct development of images, videos, and animations. * Represent the project in networking and ...

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How much do web animator jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 23, 2026, the average hourly pay for web animator in California is $38.89, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $21.59 and $63.12 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a web animator?

A Web Animator is a professional who creates animated graphics, interactive elements, and visual effects for websites and web applications. They use tools like Adobe Animate, CSS, JavaScript, and SVG to design engaging animations that enhance user experience and communicate ideas effectively. Web Animators often work closely with web designers and developers to ensure animations are both visually appealing and optimized for performance. Their work can include animated banners, interactive infographics, and UI transitions.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a web animator?

To thrive as a Web Animator, you need strong skills in animation principles, graphic design, and web development, usually backed by a relevant degree or portfolio. Proficiency with animation software like Adobe After Effects, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript is typically required. Creativity, attention to detail, and effective communication help you deliver engaging animations and collaborate smoothly with design and development teams. These skills ensure visually compelling and interactive web content that enhances user experience and meets client objectives.

What are some common challenges faced by web animators when integrating animations into live websites?

Web animators often encounter challenges such as ensuring animations run smoothly across different browsers and devices, optimizing performance to prevent slow load times, and balancing visually engaging effects with usability and accessibility standards. Collaboration with web developers is crucial to integrate animations efficiently without disrupting site functionality. Staying updated with evolving web technologies and animation libraries is also important for delivering high-quality results.

What is the difference between Web Animator vs Motion Designer?

AspectWeb AnimatorMotion Designer
Required CredentialsBasic animation skills, often with HTML/CSS/JavaScript knowledgeDesign or animation degree, proficiency in After Effects or similar tools
Work EnvironmentWeb development teams, digital agencies, freelanceMedia companies, advertising agencies, multimedia studios
Industry UsageWebsites, interactive media, UI/UX projectsVideo, commercials, multimedia presentations

Web Animators focus on creating animations specifically for websites and digital interfaces, often using web technologies. Motion Designers work on broader multimedia projects, including videos and animations for various media. While both roles require animation skills, Web Animators typically specialize in web-based animations, whereas Motion Designers have a wider scope across multimedia platforms.

Web Animator jobs near you
Infographic showing various Web Animator job openings in California as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% Internship, 83% Full Time, 9% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 6% Contract. Highlights an 82% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 14% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $80,900 per year, or $38.9 per hour.

Sr. Website UI/UX Designer

CoreWeave

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Re-posted 14 days ago

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Company rating: 9.8 out of 10

Based on 7 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

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Job description

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

What You'll Do:

Reporting to the Director of Website Strategy, the Senior Website UI/UX Designer will be responsible for designing intuitive, scalable, and high-performing digital experiences across our web ecosystem. This role will partner closely with developers, marketers, brand teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to create user-centered website experiences, evolve our design systems, support website redesign and migration initiatives, and transform complex business and technical requirements into elegant, conversion-focused interfaces. The ideal candidate combines strong visual and interaction design expertise with systems thinking, speed, and the ability to independently deliver polished, production-ready designs while leveraging AI-powered tools and workflows to improve creative efficiency, scalability, and quality.

About the Role:

We're looking for a highly experienced Senior Website UI/UX Designer to join our growing web and digital experience team. This is an individual contributor role focused on designing scalable, user-friendly, and visually compelling web experiences while helping modernize and streamline our broader digital ecosystem.

The ideal candidate combines strong UI/UX design expertise with strategic thinking, speed, and attention to detail. You should be comfortable working in fast-paced environments, collaborating across multiple teams, and independently driving projects from concept through execution. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex user experience challenges, building scalable design systems, and using AI-assisted workflows to improve creative execution and operational efficiency.

Who You Are:

  • 10+ years of experience in UI/UX digital web design
  • Deep expertise in website UI/UX design, interaction design, responsive layouts, and modern digital experiences
  • Proven experience supporting large-scale website redesigns, migrations, and digital modernization initiatives
  • Strong experience creating scalable design systems, reusable UI patterns, and component libraries
  • Expert-level proficiency in Figma and modern collaborative design workflows
  • Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, accessibility standards, responsive design, and conversion-focused UX best practices
  • Experience designing for complex web ecosystems with multiple user journeys, audiences, and content types
  • Strong experience building high-fidelity prototypes and incorporating thoughtful animations and transitions into modern digital experiences
  • Ability to translate business, marketing, and technical requirements into intuitive, elegant, and scalable user experiences
  • Passionate about leveraging AI-powered tools and workflows to improve design speed, quality, research, ideation, and scalability
  • Strong understanding of developer handoff workflows and cross-functional collaboration with engineering teams
  • Able to work quickly and independently while maintaining a high standard for quality and consistency
  • Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously
Preferred
  • Expert-level experience with Figma, including advanced prototyping, interactive user flows, motion design, animations, and developer handoff workflows
  • Experience building and evolving scalable design systems, reusable UI patterns, and component-based digital ecosystems
  • Strong visual design sensibilities with a deep understanding of typography, layout, hierarchy, interaction design, accessibility, and modern web aesthetics
  • Experience designing intuitive, conversion-focused user experiences across complex website ecosystems and user journeys
  • Experience creating high-fidelity mockups, clickable prototypes, and polished interaction models that effectively communicate design intent
  • Strong understanding of responsive web design principles and best practices across desktop, tablet, and mobile experiences
  • Experience collaborating closely with front-end developers to ensure high-quality implementation and scalable digital experiences
  • Experience working in high-growth B2B SaaS, AI, cloud, or infrastructure environments
  • Familiarity with headless CMS architectures and composable web platforms
  • Experience using analytics, heatmaps, experimentation, or user behavior tools to inform UX decisions
  • Understanding of modern SEO/AEO and conversion optimization best practices
  • Experience contributing to scalable design documentation, governance, and workflow standards

Wondering if you're a good fit? We believe in investing in our people and value candidates who bring unique backgrounds—even if you don't check every box. Here are a few qualities we've found make someone successful on our team. If some of this describes you, we'd love to talk.

  • You care deeply about usability, accessibility, performance, and user experience — not just visual aesthetics
  • You enjoy turning complex requirements into intuitive, elegant, and scalable digital experiences
  • You think in systems and reusable patterns rather than one-off page designs
  • You're comfortable moving quickly and adapting in fast-changing environments
  • You're proactive, resourceful, and able to operate with a high degree of autonomy
  • You're curious about how AI, cloud infrastructure, and modern web platforms are shaping the future of digital experiences
  • You value collaboration, empathy, and kindness, and understand that great teams build better products together
  • You lead with curiosity, humility, and respect when working across teams and disciplines

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We're in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We're not afraid of a little chaos, and we're constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:

  • Be Curious at Your Core
  • Act Like an Owner
  • Empower Employees
  • Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
  • Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!

The base salary range for this role is $161,000 to $237,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

What We Offer

The range we've posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
  • Company-paid Life Insurance
  • Voluntary supplemental life insurance
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Health Savings Account
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
  • Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
  • 401(k) with a generous employer match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
  • A casual work environment
  • A work culture focused on innovative disruption

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Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: careers@coreweave.com.

Export Control Compliance

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.

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