Design engineer (UK)
Core
Own the Writer Design System (WDS) to ensure it is complete, consistent, and optimized for both human designers and AI agents building production code.
Role type
Senior Design Engineer (Design Systems)
Builds
Production-quality UI components, features, and the core UI library for an AI marketing platform.
Domain
AI / SaaS / Enterprise Marketing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
TypeScript, React, Figma (expert), animation principles (easing, choreography), design system architecture, accessibility, design-to-code workflow, AI product surfaces (tool-call UIs, streaming responses)
Preferred skills
Experience driving design system adoption across engineering orgs, portfolio of systems-level work
Technologies
TypeScript, React, Figma, framer-motion, gsap, lottie, Storybook
Responsibilities
Own the Writer Design System (WDS) and agentify its maintenance; Design and build production-quality UI components and features; Architect new primitives and extend the system's core components; Uphold front-end craft standards for accessibility and motion; Help shape the design-to-code workflow; Partner with designers, PMs, and engineers to measure WDS adoption.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC