Staff Design Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Staff Design Engineer to drive user experience and design-led projects while collaborating closely with product and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the quality bar for user experience by designing and shipping interface improvements
• Drive design-led projects with full autonomy, enhancing the product's look and feel
• Ship production features as a full contributor to the codebase, collaborating with backend engineers

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in software product development, particularly at the intersection of design and frontend engineering
• Exceptional taste and craft with a keen eye for detail in typography, spacing, and interaction design
• Production-grade frontend engineering skills, particularly in React, TypeScript, and CSS
• Ability to design independently and run a design process from start to finish
• Strong sense of ownership and initiative, proactively identifying and implementing improvements