Design Engineer

The role

You will build and maintain the Waypoint design system across the Figma library and production codebase. This involves owning component structure, managing token pipelines, and developing tooling to sync design and code.

What you will do

• Own and evolve the Figma library for Waypoint including component structure, variants, properties, and documentation
• Build and maintain core Waypoint components in component packages
• Work across the token pipeline to sync design tokens in Figma with CSS custom properties and Tailwind config
• Partner with product designers to translate patterns into system components
• Partner with product engineers to ensure components are easy to adopt
• Help define and refine workflows and tooling that connect Figma and code
• Write clear documentation and usage guidance
• Weigh in on system architecture decisions regarding components, versioning, and packaging
• Help shape how Waypoint evolves to serve AI models as a consumer

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of combined design and/or engineering experience
• Strong command of Figma at a systems level including component architecture, variants, auto layout, variables and tokens, and library management
• Solid front end engineering skills in TypeScript and React
• Ability to build accessible, well tested, production quality components
• Experience working with or building design tokens and their flow from design tool to codebase
• A systems mindset for reusable, composable patterns
• Strong communication skills to advocate for system decisions
• Comfort with ambiguity

Nice to have

• Experience building or contributing to design-to-code sync tooling
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG)
• Experience packaging and versioning component libraries for multiple consuming teams
• Exposure to multi-platform design systems work (iOS/SwiftUI, Android/Jetpack Compose, or Style Dictionary)
• Experience in an AI native product environment or interest in how AI changes design systems

Benefits

• Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent
• Full health and dental benefits including a mental health budget
• RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme
• 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
• Annual enrichment benefits for arts, culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement
• Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
• 6 weeks of paid vacation
• Budget for traveling to other offices if remote
• Annual company offsite
• Daily lunch program, snacks, and social events for office workers
• Co-working benefit for those not near an office
• $500 home office stipend

Before you apply

• May use AI-enabled tools to screen and assess applicants

About the company

Cohere is a leading security-first enterprise AI company that builds foundation AI models and end-to-end products. It is a global technology company headquartered in Toronto.