Design Engineering Jobs
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Sr. UX Designer
🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Thomson Reuters 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
You will lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered features, translating complex model behaviors into intuitive and trustworthy user workflows. You will also partner with cross-functional teams including data science and engineering to define interaction patterns and validate AI experiences through research.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Manaus)
🌍 Remote
Blacksmith Agency 🌍 Remote
You will own the architecture and construction of client design systems, including tokens, variables, and core component libraries. You are responsible for documenting these systems to ensure they can be executed by developers or automated pipelines without further guidance.
Lead Product Designer, Growth
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Perplexity 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead product design across the full growth funnel, including acquisition, onboarding, activation, and retention. Partner with cross-functional teams to design and run experiments that drive user growth and product value.
Lead Product Designer, Growth
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Perplexity 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will lead product design for the full growth funnel, including onboarding, acquisition, conversion, and retention strategies. You will partner with cross-functional teams to run experiments and ship features that balance UI paradigms with AI applications.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Ecs 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Lead design efforts for priority digital products and forms by translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, user-friendly experiences. Collaborate with engineering, business owners, and compliance stakeholders to define problems and deliver execution-ready design specifications.
Staff Product Designer, Agentic CMS
🇺🇸 United States
Webflow 🇺🇸 United States
You will lead the end-to-end design of the Agentic CMS, defining how enterprise teams author, govern, and publish content across various channels. This involves creating systems that support both human users and AI agents while ensuring a coherent and scalable experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Sotheby's Institute Of Art 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead design efforts for both client-facing applications and internal operational tools. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to conduct user research, define information architecture, and execute high-quality UI designs.
Senior Director & Head of Design
🇺🇸 United States
Drivecentric 🇺🇸 United States
You will lead the product design team and define the strategy for agentic experiences and information architecture across the DriveCentric platform. This role involves hands-on design work, managing a growing team, and ensuring seamless integration of AI agents into complex dealership workflows.
Sr. Innovation & Design Engineer, Worldwide Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States
You will invent, design, and implement engineering solutions for complex material flow and efficiency problems across the global supply chain. Additionally, you will lead design and innovation efforts for the transportation network while collaborating with internal teams and external vendors.
Principal UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Athenahealth 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Principal UX Researcher will lead discovery research and experience measurement initiatives to inform product strategy for clinician-facing mobile applications. This role involves conducting onsite customer shadowing, synthesizing research into actionable insights, and partnering with cross-functional teams to drive evidence-based design decisions.
Product Designer, IG Projects - Instagram
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Meta 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
You will lead the end-to-end design vision for centralized AI tooling at Instagram, shaping how product teams build and collaborate. This involves defining information architecture, setting design standards for AI-generated outputs, and driving organizational alignment across complex workstreams.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Ecs Tech Inc 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Lead design efforts for priority digital products and forms by translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, user-friendly experiences. Partner with business owners, engineering, and compliance stakeholders to define problems and ensure designs meet federal usability and accessibility standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Kier Group 🇬🇧 Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage engineering design delivery for water and wastewater treatment projects across a major framework partnership. Responsibilities include line managing Design Managers and collaborating with discipline leads to ensure optimal design methodologies.
Design Engineering Manager
🌍 Remote
Cloudstaff 🌍 Remote
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing design engineering team while defining clear expectations and KPIs. Collaborate with Product Management to deliver customer-focused solutions and improve execution using AI-enabled tools.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
U.s. Venture, Inc. 🇺🇸 Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
The Lead UX Designer will own end-to-end user experience design for high-impact initiatives while partnering with engineering and product leaders to translate research into scalable solutions. They are also responsible for establishing design standards, governance, and mentoring the team on UX best practices.
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.