Staff Design Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Design Engineer (AI): Shaping the future of hirify.global’s product experience by driving ideas into production systems, and defining design engineering leadership across the company with an accent on product vision, execution, and design systems. Focus on leading high-impact initiatives, advancing design system standards, and mentoring design engineers while influencing cross-team decisions.

Location: Remote, United States

Salary: $140,400.00–$372,300.00 /Yr

Company

hirify.global is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform and the home to the biggest open-source community.

What you will do

• Partner with product and design leaders to set product strategy and roadmap priorities.
• Own high-impact initiatives from concept through production delivery, shipping production-ready code.
• Lead technical design discussions and guide cross-team implementation efforts.
• Advance hirify.global’s design system by setting standards and creating reusable components.
• Champion performance, accessibility (WCAG), and maintainability in UI engineering.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to align on goals and solutions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in front-end engineering or development.
• Experience shipping production-ready experiences.
• Hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies (e.g., React, CSS, HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript) and design systems.
• Experience in design engineering, front-end engineering, product design, or related technical discipline.

Nice to have

• Experience building AI and agentic experiences.
• Experience influencing technical and design choices across teams.
• Experience leading design systems initiatives or platform-level UI engineering.
• Background in mentoring and developing engineering and design talent.
• Experience advancing accessibility and performance best practices in shipped products.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.
• Competitive pay and generous learning and growth opportunities.
• Excellent benefits package.
• Focus on customer obsession, shipping to learn, growth mindset, and ownership.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.