Product Design Engineer

TL;DR

Product Design Engineer: Shaping the programming environment where humans and AI build software together with an accent on collaborative programming workflows and interaction models for AI agents. Focus on navigating large codebases, keyboard-driven workflows, and prototyping UI in the product.

Location: Remote (American or European time zones)

Company

hirify.global is building a new kind of programming environment, combining high-performance local editing, real-time collaboration, and AI agents.

What you will do

• Work on collaborative programming workflows.
• Develop interaction models for AI agents that read and modify code.
• Enhance navigation and understanding of large codebases.
• Design keyboard-driven workflows and command systems.
• Create interfaces for Git, debugging, and code exploration.
• Contribute to hirify.global’s design system and interaction patterns.

Requirements

• Have strong product design experience.
• Care deeply about interaction design.
• Enjoy working on technical products.
• Prototype ideas in code.
• Enjoy operating on the bleeding edge and working well with ambiguity.
• Be excited to learn some Rust and create interfaces in hirify.global's custom-built UI framework, GPUI.

Nice to have

• Experience with developer tools or IDEs.
• Experience with code editors or programming environments.
• Experience with technical productivity software.
• Experience with AI-assisted tools or developer platforms.
• Experience with complex productivity products.

Culture & Benefits

• Open source and built in public by the team behind Atom and Tree-sitter.
• Written in Rust with GPU acceleration for every frame.
• Multiplayer by default, allowing developers to work together in the same codebase in real time.
• Improvements are shipped weekly and work closely with a community.