Design Engineering Jobs
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Senior Product Designer, Social Commerce
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Discord 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of social commerce experiences for game developers and players across all Discord surfaces. Partner with cross-functional teams to create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs while contributing to the global design system.
Senior Product Designer, Developer Success
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Discord 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end user experience for developer tools and player-facing integrations from concept to launch. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product strategy and contribute to the organization's design system.
Senior Frontend Engineer (Design Systems)
🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Fairmarkit 🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
You will design and build a variety of platform features and reusable components. Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to ensure robust and scalable core functionalities.
Senior Product Designer, Social Commerce
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Discord 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will oversee the user experience of a product from concept to launch, creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. You will also influence your team's roadmap and contribute to the design system.
Product Designer, Design Systems - New York
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Photon 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design and build reusable UI components, patterns, and tools to ensure consistent user experiences across internal and external products. Focus on defining system-level patterns for AI-assisted workflows, agentic experiences, and generative UI.
Sr Director, Design Systems, AI Enablement
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gap Inc. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Architect and lead a modern, machine-readable design system that supports multi-brand experiences across various platforms. Lead the AI enablement strategy for the Experience Design practice, ensuring seamless integration between design and engineering.
Senior Product Designer - Design Systems/Rebrand @ Samsara (Remote, Contract)
🌍 Remote
Academy 🌍 Remote
Lead the UX for design systems and a product-wide rebrand, building foundational components and guidelines. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to deliver high-impact designs that improve operational efficiency and safety.
Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mars Discovery District 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design of features and improvements for the MaRS platform to enhance the experience for founders and investors. Responsibilities include creating high-fidelity prototypes, conducting user research, and evolving the design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Ibotta 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the design of new features and products from conception through launch, and expand the existing design system for B2B products. Collaborate with other designers and stakeholders to deliver high-quality design assets and communicate the value of good design.
Design Technologist
🇺🇸 United States of America
Air Space Intelligence 🇺🇸 United States of America
As a Design Technologist, you will build and ship production-ready UI components and develop and maintain the design system. You will also prototype interactions and data visualizations while bridging design and engineering.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇨🇿 okres Plzeň-město, Czechia
Ubiquiti Inc. 🇨🇿 okres Plzeň-město, Czechia
Actively participate in various projects and voice your ideas and solutions. Maintain and create new design systems for Ubiquiti Inc. products and design high-quality, user-friendly interfaces for web and mobile.
Product Designer, Core
Own the design of core Chess.com experiences, including gameplay, puzzles, and learning features across web and mobile. Partner with product and engineering teams to define problems and implement polished, intuitive interfaces using the company's design system.
UX Lead / Senior Product Designer, Model & Simulation
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Code Metal 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX for a complex geospatial and simulation platform, conducting user research and translating technical requirements into intuitive workflows. Own the design system and collaborate closely with frontend engineers to ensure design fidelity.
Design Technologist
🇺🇸 United States of America
Air Space Intelligence 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Design Technologist will translate high-fidelity designs into production-ready UI components and maintain a living design system. They will also prototype novel interactions and build automation tools to streamline the design-to-development workflow.
UI/UX Designer, Sr
🇺🇸 Newberg, OR 97132, United States of America
A-dec Inc. 🇺🇸 Newberg, OR 97132, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer creates cutting-edge design solutions for websites, mobile applications, and physical equipment interfaces. They lead creative direction and maintain the company's digital design system to ensure brand consistency across all products.
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.