Design Engineer - US (Remote)

Responsibilities

• Own the design system across Figma and code, including React components, tokens, patterns, and ensuring Figma library syncs with production.
• Ensure UI quality across the product, focusing on transitions, micro-interactions, responsive behavior, loading states, edge cases, and accessibility.
• Build tooling, prototyping workflows, component documentation, and dev environment improvements to enhance design and engineering collaboration.
• Ship production-ready code for components, UI improvements, and internal tooling.

Requirements

Skills and experience:

• 6+ years building production-ready frontend code in complex, component-driven applications.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript, React, and modern CSS (Tailwind), with strong opinions on component architecture, performance, and maintainability.
• Portfolio demonstrating technical depth and design sensibility.
• Proven experience building and maintaining design systems in production.
• Familiarity with Base UI, Storybook, Figma Code Connect (plus).
• Exposure to microfrontend architectures, Vite, composition APIs (bonus).
• Track record of building internal tools, developer experience improvements, or workflow automation.
• Technical fluency with AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor), MCPs, Figma Console, Notion integrations.

Mindset:

• Tinkerer who spots leverage points.
• Systems-focused over features.
• Excited to redesign processes and workflows.
• Strong convictions about quality but ships effectively.
• High ownership, low ego.