Design Engineering Jobs
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Sr. Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Irving, Texas, United States
Gartner 🇺🇸 Irving, Texas, 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.
Sr. Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Gartner 🇺🇸 Stamford, Connecticut, United States
You will define and drive the overarching user experience vision across complex product ecosystems while acting as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders. Additionally, you will mentor design staff and elevate the organization's craft through systems thinking and research-grounded innovation.
Associate Principal Engineer - Design Engineering
🇵🇭 Philippines
Dyson 🇵🇭 Philippines
The Associate Principal Engineer will collaborate with internal teams and JDM partners to ensure the successful delivery of mechanical designs and product integration. They are responsible for overseeing design solutions, managing project requirements, and driving efficient engineering processes from concept to market launch.
Principal Product Designer, Transit Operations
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Via 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design of complex, interconnected workflows for the Transit Operations platform to improve efficiency for dispatchers and operators. Partner with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into intuitive, scalable, and high-quality user experiences.
Principal Design Manager
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Jacobs 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lead the delivery of major transportation projects including bus rapid transit, roads, highways, and rail. Strengthen key client relationships and mentor multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful project outcomes and business growth.
Principal Product Designer, Yahoo Everywhere
🇫🇷 Uz, Occitania, France
Yahoo 🇫🇷 Uz, Occitania, France
Lead design strategy for Yahoo Everywhere by creating concepts for new surfaces and acting as the final design decision-maker for partner integrations. Collaborate with business leads to shape deals and ensure brand consistency across diverse platforms like OEMs, apps, and ambient screens.
Principal Product Designer, Yahoo Everywhere
🇺🇸 United States
Yahoo 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the design strategy for Yahoo Everywhere by creating conceptual visions and overseeing the implementation of Yahoo products on third-party surfaces. Act as the final design decision maker during partner deals and pitches to ensure brand integrity and user value.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage and ambiguous design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to align with business priorities.
Principal Product Designer Lead
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure a coherent product experience across the platform.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure quality and consistency across the product.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage and ambiguous design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to align with business priorities.
Principal Product Designer Lead
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage and ambiguous design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to align with business priorities.
Principal Product Designer Lead
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure a coherent product experience across the platform.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure quality and consistency across the product.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards to ensure quality and consistency across the product.
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.