Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems

The role

You will build an AI-assisted pipeline that moves product work from design to shipped code. This involves creating bidirectional bridges between Figma and React components and developing agentic workflows.

What you will do

• Design and implement AI-assisted workflows using tools like Claude Code and Figma MCP
• Work as the engineering counterpart to Product Design on patterns, components, and workflows
• Evolve the Thumbprint design system with machine-readable documentation and MCP-friendly metadata
• Partner with Developer Experience and Frontend Infrastructure teams
• Engage users by running office hours and prioritizing feedback
• Prototype and evaluate emerging AI development tooling

Required qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a frontend engineer building production product surfaces
• Deep hands-on fluency with TypeScript, React, and build, test, and deploy tools
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex
• Track record of building tools and infrastructure that others adopted
• Strong cross-functional collaboration instincts
• 6+ years of industry experience in software engineering

Nice to have

• Design system experience

About the company

Thumbtack is an app used to take care of and improve homes. It connects homeowners with a community of 300,000 local service businesses.