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Design engineer (UK)

London, UKFull-time2026-11-03 → 2026-11-09
Hybrid

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