Design Engineer at MLabs. Design Engineer. Location: . Based in San Francisco or North or South America. Onsite or Remote | Full-time. Compensation. Design Engineer. (Onsite in San Francisco) - $140K – $200K • 0.05% – 0.25%. Design Engineer. (remote in the Americas) - $100K – $180K • 0.05% – 0.25%. Our client is a high-growth, venture-backed organization building a generational open-source security infrastructure platform for the AI era. Trusted by engineers at world-class companies such as Hugging Face and LG, the platform manages billions of secrets, certificates, and credentials every month.. The engineering team are seeking talented . Design Engineers. based in either the Americas or San Francisco to own and elevate the user-facing experience of this rapidly growing platform. Our client views developer experience as a core product philosophy and obsesses over intuitive design and polished interfaces. This role is ideal for a deeply technical individual who possesses a sharp eye for aesthetics and the ability to build features end-to-end, with a heavy focus on frontend excellence (approximately 70%) and a supporting contribution to the backend (approximately 30%).. Key Responsibilities. Experience Elevation:. Continuously improve the look, feel, and usability of the platform by rethinking navigation, redesigning workflows, and raising the visual bar on every surface of the product.. Design System Leadership:. Build and maintain a robust, reusable component library to ensure the engineering team can ship polished UI consistently and efficiently.. End-to-End Implementation:. Take features from initial concept through to production across the full stack, ensuring the final output is both functional and beautiful.. Design Advocacy:. Serve as the primary design voice within the engineering department, unblocking colleagues on UX questions, critiquing implementations, and championing intuitive UI.. Collaborative Innovation:. Work closely with the co-founders and the broader engineering team to explore creative product directions and refine existing user experiences.. Technical Proficiency:. At least 3+ years of deep technical mastery within the JavaScript ecosystem, specifically with . React and TypeScript. .. Design Sensibility:. A sharp eye for product design and intuitive UX, with the ability to identify and correct subtle interface issues.. Iterative Mindset:. Exceptional attention to detail and a willingness to iterate quickly based on feedback.. Location:. Must be based in . San Francisco . and be able to work on-site or in . North or South America. to work remotely (Americas).. Preferred Qualifications:. Prior experience with product design or design tools such as Figma.. A proven track record of building or maintaining comprehensive design systems.. The ability to contribute to the creative design process, not just the implementation of existing designs.. . Company Location: Canada.
Design Engineer at MLabs