Design Engineering Jobs
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Principal Design Manager
🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Stantec 🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead technical teams in the design and delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure projects in Queensland. Coordinate multidisciplinary activities, manage subcontractors, and maintain strong client relationships to ensure high-quality technical solutions.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Design innovative, AI-powered experiences while maintaining high standards of visual and interaction craftsmanship. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product strategy, iterate on features, and communicate design narratives effectively.
Principal UX Researcher, AI & Developer Platforms
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Arm 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead high-impact UX research to define the AI-native developer experience across Arm's ecosystem, including tools, APIs, and agent-mediated workflows. Translate research findings into practical design principles and strategic product recommendations to improve developer success and adoption.
Principal UX Researcher
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Ocean Infinity 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead and evolve the user research strategy across products, platforms, and operational systems while partnering with cross-functional teams. Drive evidence-based decision-making by conducting end-to-end research to uncover user needs and translate complex workflows into actionable product recommendations.
Principal Product Designer, eCommerce
🇺🇸 United States
Therabody 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the end-to-end design of the Therabody.com shopping experience, focusing on high-converting user journeys from discovery to post-purchase. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define UX patterns and execute an experimentation roadmap based on analytics.
Principal Product Designer, Rovo & AI
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Atlassian 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Lead the strategic vision and conceptual design for AI experiences across the Atlassian portfolio, including Rovo. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive design reviews and ensure cohesive customer value delivery.
Principal Product Designer, Rovo & AI
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Atlassian 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the strategic vision and conceptual design for Rovo and AI experiences across the Atlassian portfolio. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive design reviews and ensure cohesive, high-quality AI product outcomes.
Principal UX Researcher, AI & Developer Platforms
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Arm 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Lead high-impact UX research to define the AI-native developer experience across Arm's ecosystem, including tools, APIs, and workflows. Translate research findings into practical design principles and product recommendations to improve developer efficiency and adoption.
Principal UX Researcher, AI & Developer Platforms
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Arm 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Lead high-impact UX research to define the AI-native developer experience across Arm's ecosystem, including tools, APIs, and workflows. Translate research findings into practical design principles and product recommendations to influence strategic decision-making and product roadmaps.
Principal Product Designer, Rovo & AI
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Atlassian 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the strategic vision and conceptual design for AI-driven experiences across the Atlassian product portfolio. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive design reviews, ensure cohesive user experiences, and deliver measurable customer value.
Principal Product Designer
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Constant Contact 🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Drive the strategy and execution of complex, high-impact product initiatives while defining the long-term UX vision for a major product pillar. Lead the development of the design system and collaborate with cross-functional leadership to align design decisions with company objectives.
Principal Product Designer
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Constant Contact 🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
The Principal Product Designer will define the long-term UX vision and design strategy for a major product pillar while solving complex, ambiguous design challenges. This role involves influencing cross-functional stakeholders and potentially mentoring a team of senior designers to ensure high-quality, scalable product execution.
Principal Product Designer, eCommerce
🇺🇸 United States
Therabody 🇺🇸 United States
The designer will own the end-to-end user experience for the global ecommerce storefront, including product discovery, checkout, and post-purchase flows. They will collaborate with product, engineering, and brand teams to define design patterns, conduct usability research, and drive experimentation to improve conversion rates.
Product Designer, Principal Associate
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will combine craft expertise with customer and business understanding to co-create innovative solutions to complex problems. You will also champion the customer through the design process while collaborating with cross-functional partners to elevate design quality.
Sr. Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Gartner 🇺🇸 Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Define and drive the overarching user experience vision and scalable design systems across complex product ecosystems. Partner with senior stakeholders to align design strategy with business objectives while mentoring other designers to elevate the organization's craft.
About Design Engineering careers
Design Engineering is the ultimate role for the builders who live in the code. These professionals bridge the gap between vision and reality by shipping production-ready design systems and interactive components.
Specialized in React, Tailwind, and Framer Motion, design engineers ensure that the intended vibe translates perfectly into the final product.
Companies like Vercel, Linear, and Framer value this hybrid skill set for its ability to bypass traditional handovers and move straight from design concept to live code.
Design engineers bridge design and development, building design systems, component libraries, and interactive prototypes. Roles are particularly hot at AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity where rich interfaces matter, as well as tool companies like Vercel, Framer, Linear, and Supabase. These positions often require skills in React, TypeScript, and web design.
Absolutely. Remote design engineering roles are increasingly common, especially at modern companies like Vercel, Linear, Notion, and AI startups like Midjourney. Many positions offer flexible hybrid arrangements in tech hubs like San Francisco and Seattle.
Companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Netflix, Vercel, and AI leaders like OpenAI value candidates who combine design fundamentals with coding proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks (React, Next.js, Svelte). Experience with design tools (Figma, Framer) and animation libraries (Framer Motion, GSAP) is highly valued. View top design engineering portfolios for examples.
Design engineers typically earn more than traditional designers due to technical skills. Entry-level positions start at $85k–$110k, mid-level roles range $120k–$160k, and senior positions command $170k–$230k+ at major tech companies. AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI often pay at the top of market. Check our salary guide for comprehensive data.
Most top-tier companies, including Vercel, Linear, and Stripe, expect fluency in React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. However, the "plus" factor in 2026 is mastery of AI-assisted development tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Being able to build and maintain Design Systems that scale across different frameworks is the most valuable skill in this category.
Design Engineering prioritizes the user experience and polish (the "vibe") over purely architectural backend concerns. A Design Engineer is responsible for the kinetic feel of a product, ensuring that Framer Motion transitions and accessibility standards are baked into the component library from day one. Browse Design Engineering roles to see this focus in action.