Design Engineer (AI Safety)

Location: New York, Los Angeles, or San Francisco, United States

Company

hirify.global is an AI Safety company building a safety, reliability, and optimization layer for AI systems through natural-language policies that are tested, enforced, and continuously improved at scale.

What you will do

• Design and build product interfaces end to end, from Figma exploration to production-ready React code.
• Own the design system in Figma and code, including tokens, components, variants, and documentation.
• Build and refine UI components with attention to states, edge cases, accessibility, performance, and responsive behavior.
• Prototype interactions and workflows in code with real data, and create motion and micro-interactions for complex product flows.
• Identify and resolve UI inconsistencies while raising the product quality bar.
• Work directly with product, engineering, and research teams through fast iterations with full ownership.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in product design, frontend engineering, or design engineering, with a portfolio showing both design and shipped code.
• Strong frontend skills with React, TypeScript, and modern CSS, including Flexbox, Grid, custom properties, and container queries.
• Experience building and maintaining design systems in code, including design tokens, component APIs, and Storybook or similar tools.
• Deep Figma knowledge, including Auto Layout, Components, Variants, Variables, and Prototyping.
• Experience with motion and animation in code, such as Framer Motion, Motion, or CSS transitions.
• Experience designing clear, functional web interfaces, ideally for technical or data-heavy products such as dashboards, developer tools, or B2B SaaS.
• Solid understanding of accessibility, including WCAG, keyboard navigation, and ARIA, as well as responsive design.
• Comfort working in a real codebase with Git, code review, and collaboration with engineers.
• Daily use of AI tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or v0, with the ability to produce production-quality results.

Nice to have

• Experience with Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, shadcn/ui, or other headless component libraries.
• Next.js or Vite experience.
• Data visualization experience with D3, Recharts, or visx.
• Figma plugin or Figma-to-code pipeline experience with Tokens Studio, Style Dictionary, or Code Connect.
• Interest in AI safety, LLMs, or developer tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including equity.
• Flexible time off and health insurance.
• Mental health support, including therapy coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Learning and development support for courses, conferences, and skill growth.
• Hardware, subscriptions, tools, services, and twice-yearly team off-sites.

Hiring process

• 25-minute introductory call.
• Take-home assignment.
• Interview with the Head of Design & Creative and a Full-stack Engineer for 45 minutes, followed by an additional interview depending on the process.