Design Engineer

NY, Remote. Posted 22 days ago

The role

You will design and build product interfaces from Figma exploration to production-ready React code. You will own the design system in both Figma and code and build UI components with attention to accessibility and performance.

What you will do

Design and build product interfaces end to end
Own the design system in Figma and code
Build and polish UI components
Prototype interactions and new flows in code
Craft motion and micro-interactions
Raise the quality bar of the product
Work directly with product, engineering, and research

Required qualifications

6+ years of experience in product design, frontend engineering, or design engineering
Portfolio showing both design and shipped code
React
TypeScript
Modern CSS (Flexbox, Grid, custom properties, container queries)
Experience building and maintaining design systems in code
Deep Figma knowledge (Auto Layout, Components, Variants, Variables, Prototyping)
Experience with motion and animation in code
Track record of designing clear, functional web interfaces
Solid grasp of accessibility (WCAG, keyboard navigation, ARIA) and responsive design
Comfort working in a real codebase (Git, code review)
Use AI tools daily in your workflow

Nice to have

Experience with Tailwind CSS, Radix UI / shadcn/ui, or other headless component libraries
Next.js or Vite experience
Data visualization (D3, Recharts, visx)
Figma plugin or Figma-to-code pipeline experience (Tokens Studio, Style Dictionary, Code Connect)
Interest in AI safety, LLMs, or developer tooling

Benefits

Flexible time off
Health insurance
Mental health support, including coverage for therapy
401(k) retirement plan
Learning and development support
All the hardware, subscriptions, tools, and services needed
Team off-sites twice a year

Before you apply

Submit your application in English
Intro call
Take-home assignment
Interview with Head of Design & Creative and Full-stack Engineer
Additional interview

About the company

White Circle is an AI Safety company building the safety, reliability, and optimization layer for AI systems. They are a small, highly focused team that processes over one hundred million API calls every month.