# Design Engineer

**Company:** [CodeRabbit](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coderabbit)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Frontend Engineering
**Salary:** $175k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, React, CSS, Figma, Animation, Design Systems, Component Libraries, Git, Electron, Vs Code, Jetbrains, Data Visualization, AI/ML
**Posted:** 2026-08-26

> Design and build polished, production-quality interfaces for an AI code review platform across web, IDE, Git, and CLI surfaces. The role requires strong front-end skills in TypeScript and React, visual design craft, rapid prototyping, and experience creating reusable design systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build production-quality UI across IDEs, Git platforms, the CLI, and the web.
- Rapidly prototype emerging AI experiences, including real-time review, conversational feedback, and agentic workflows.
- Translate high-fidelity designs into pixel-perfect, production-ready code and advance designs through technical innovation.
- Own UI implementation quality, including smooth interactions, motion, and micro-interactions.
- Build and maintain reusable design-system components across web, IDE extensions, Git platforms, and CLI surfaces.
- Implement clear, performant visualizations for code-quality metrics, dependency graphs, and AI-generated insights.
- Help define interaction paradigms for AI and developer tools.

## Requirements
- 2–5+ years of experience in design engineering, front-end, or product design roles.
- Portfolio or shipped work demonstrating engineering rigor and visual craft.
- Proven experience shipping complex technical products end-to-end in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- Experience building or contributing to design systems and component libraries across multiple platforms.
- Strong command of TypeScript, React, CSS, animation libraries, and modern front-end tooling.
- Proficiency with modern design tools such as Figma.
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.

## Nice to Have
- Experience at developer-focused companies or building developer tools.
- Background in or strong understanding of software development and Git workflows.
- Experience with IDE extensions such as VS Code or JetBrains, Electron, or cross-platform applications.
- Experience designing or building AI/ML-powered interfaces, motion design, or micro-interactions.
- Contributions to open-source projects or design systems.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and benefits.
- Professional development resources.

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